Me, mom:: 14

Callie is still away, so all I have to share today are a few of my pictures from this morning.

And a few that have taken my breath away, lately:
This, from The Blue Hour;
this, from At Upper Pond;
and this, from House on Hill Road.

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
tt

Me, mom::13

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

How we feel about flying:

Callie:: loves it; can't wait to get on the plane. Will get the chance again tomorrow morning.


Tara:: practically grew up in an airport. Hasn't been on a plane in seven years. Doesn't miss it.


More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
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Me, mom::Twelfth - Just Callie

Me, mom:: how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me, mom:: Today, just Callie with a camera, on the Cape.









What could I possibly add to that?

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
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Me, mom::Eleventh

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Where we'd like to be, fifteen years from now:

Callie:: living in London, working as a photographer.



Tara:: Living in Portland (not sure which one, though), taking pictures.



More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
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Me,mom::Tenth

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Best feeling in summer:

Callie:: putting on warm, dry clothes, after coming out of the water.



Tara:: sitting down with a glass of wine, in the hour between sunset and darkness.



More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
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Me, mom::Ninth

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Best line, recently:

Callie::(Upon being accused of taking an extra piece of birthday cake...) "I'm not going to eat ice cream cake with people who don't trust me!"

Tara: (Upon being told that she's a smart girl, and can figure out how to put the new vacuum together...) "Yes, I'm a smart girl. That's why I'm going to get you to do it."

More tommorow. Thanks for reading.
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Me, mom::Eighth

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Callie::

Is the person at the dinner table who will tell the you the truth, and still make you laugh.

Tara::

Is the person at the dinner table who will tell you to use your napkin, and still give you dessert.

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

tt

Me, mom::Seventh

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Three constants in our day right now::

Callie:

listening to music on the iTouch,
going off on her bike with the neighbors,
writing (finishing?) her short story for school

Tara:
taking pictures,
putting off cleaning the house,
practicinglearning patience with a four-year-old



More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
tt
ps::larger, better views, here.

Me, mom::Sixth

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Three things we wish we could do well::

Callie:

read minds
play guitar
write a novel

Tara:

play guitar
speak french
sing

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
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Me, mom::Fifth

Me,mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me,mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Three things we are most looking forward to this summer:

Callie:

staying up late with the neighbors, watching movies;

giving Lindsey rides on the back of her bike on Pink Street;

tye-dying on The Cape with her step-mom.

Tara:

staying up late with the neighbors, talking around a fire;

farmers' markets;

Pink Street.

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

tt

Me,mom::Fourth

Me, mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me, mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

At our bedsides::

Callie: iTouch(bought with babysitting money and some help from Nana and PopPop), clothes ready to pack for the Cape, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

Tara: glass and bottles filled with water, tissue-paper forsythia made by Anna, Georgia O'Keeffe biography.

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

tt

Me, mom::Third

Me, mom::how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me, mom::Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Callie:: keeps forgetting: her lunch bag; which day of the week it is; to bring her bike in at night.

Can remember: her daycare when she was two; "the first twenty" on the periodic table of elements; every name on her extended family tree;

Tara:: keeps forgetting: to return library books + movies; to fill the tank with gas; orthodontist appointments.

Can remember: phone numbers from her childhood; lines from movies, verbatim; specific dates of all sorts of random events in her life.

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

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Me, mom::Second

Me, mom:: how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me, mom:: Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Callie:: favorite songs right now, Mr. Brightside (The Killers); Full Moon (The Black Ghosts); Eight Days a Week (The Beatles).

Tara:: favorite songs right now, No Light (Phineas and the Lonely Leaves); Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan); anything by Jose Gonzalez.

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
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Me, mom::First

Me, mom:: how I sign my notes to my daughters.

Me, mom:: Callie and I, taking pictures of our days.

We'll try to do this on Thursday, for as long as we're having fun with it.

Mine on the left, Callie's on the right.

And a little something about us, each.

Callie::is a lefty, just like her dad, her Pop-pop, her Grandma Liz, her uncle, and her aunt.

Tara::has broken her nose at least four times. The most recent time was yesterday.

More tomorrow. Thanks for reading.
tt