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A Highland lord, naebody in particular

Naebody in Particular

They're not on a shortbread tin, but the dead live on so long as we keep telling their stories. Scots, Yanks, Canucks and the Auld Enemy. Newest posts are the ancestors, but scroll for the living.

  • trip #1: new york city

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  • found: punch balloons

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  • sparklet’s view: waterfront

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  • out: georgetown waterfront

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    sparklet and i have been disappearing for longer periods of time lately, so mommy can incubate thing two in peace. (btw, “incubate” is code for “take a three hour nap”).

    this morning we went down to the georgetown waterfront, which seemed appropriate as it was where sparklet and i went on our first day of paternity leave together and also the place where she first started locomoting in public.

    never has the old cliche seemed more appropriate — the more that things change, the more you wonder where the heck the last 12 months went. or something like that.

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    out: georgetown waterfront

  • flashback: house of sweden, georgetown

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    September 5, 2010

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    August 21, 2011

  • nesting, pt 2

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    it’s not a pregnancy with out a really long list of things i have to do around the house.

    with my new found salary, we’d already started ticking off a couple of items on our long term wish list — installed a water filter next to the kitchen sink, some cosmetic stuff in our bathrooms, and patched up some outstanding items from our home inspection (including some reinforcing some joists under the porch, and blowing more insulation into the attic).

    the big update, however, has been installing a murphy bed in the basement, which instead of being a rental unit we now expect will now play host to a steady stream of family over the next couple of years decades.

    the bed is just fantastic — it’s built like a tank, and takes an honest-to-God real, queen-sized, 12″ thick pillow-top mattress, which i’m seriously considering putting on the bed upstairs and dumping our old mattress on our guests downstairs (i kid, i kid).

    i’m not exactly sure what else is going to be added to the list, but not to worry — the lady sparkler has only been pregnant for six weeks, so she hasn’t really had time to get creative.

  • firsts: dairy queen

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    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    firsts: dairy queen

  • found: pink

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  • gardening

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    the gardening we did at the beginning of june is starting to bear fruit — and quite literally.

    sparklet picked her first tomatoes (and ate them immediately) and we’ve been using fresh basil in our cooking for the last month or so.

    agriculture thrives in the heart of the District.

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    gardening

  • firsts: sparklet’s taking photos

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    sparklet’s figured out how to use the camera, or at least how to push the button when someone else aims.

    something tells me that payback (for the 10,000 pictures i’ve taken of her) is going to be a #$%!&.