this is halloween

Spent the morning laying around and then at the park watching A play and taking photos of very good vintage garb before the camera broke then fixed itself but with a very disconcerting metal scraping metal sound each time it's turned on. This is the second camera in less than two years -- canon is dead to me.

More laying around while A took a nap and then to a cute house in a real neighborhood where kids still trick-or-treat door to door instead of going to the mall (what is this world coming to?).

Hooray for candy!

help wanted

What have we missed? We have about a month left to see/do/eat everything we want to on the east coast. If you have any experience at all with Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland or Pennsylvania tell us now so we don't miss out. Please. I implore you.

too true

If I had a nickel for every time I became entranced by the possibilities involved in book dusting...

hey blinkin'

Gettysburg is one of the best places I have ever been. They've got it all - museums, monuments and malts. Also, we saw some very good antique shops and now I am able to tell the difference between a genuine Civil War era canon and a replica.

p.s. The title is for R who thinks it's very funny. 

[photo #5 by R. Moncur]

52 weeks

51/52

Julie
Caroline

two friends
an ocean apart
post one photo a week
with no rules or themes
and no idea what the other is up to.
in a year we'll see.

A full explanation is here.
The complete set is here.

good ol' days

This reminds me of my dad's walking to school stories.
It was uphill both directions, mind you.

52 weeks

50/52

Julie
Caroline

two friends
an ocean apart
post one photo a week
with no rules or themes
and no idea what the other is up to.
in a year we'll see.

A full explanation is here.
The complete set is here.

new york city

Yep.
That's what we did.
All weekend long.

(photos 2 & 8 by R. Moncur)

i heart nyc

Spending the weekend in New York.
See you Monday.

u is for up

Gemma Flack makes really fun things. Love her ABC series...especially M and O. Plus, she has a really great name.

golly what a day

I wanted to walk to the tiny train museum but now I'm doing dishes and watching Robin Hood for the bazillionth time because it's raining and there are no umbrellas or other movies.

p.s. I want a pumpkin pie.

update: Woo hoo! Made it to the train museum after all.

east coast rainbow

Dear Hawaii,

You are the best for giving me rainbows better than this almost every day. You know what else is great? You don't trick people into thinking that sixty-seven degrees in the afternoon is a treat. I must admit, there are a lot of reasons to love the east coast, but the temperature is not one of them. Also, you have better beaches.

Love,
C

p.s. I'll see you in December.

52 weeks

49/52

Julie
Caroline

two friends
an ocean apart
post one photo a week
with no rules or themes
and no idea what the other is up to.
in a year we'll see.

A full explanation is here.
The complete set is here.

laundress of lace

Oh, Katy Horan. Can you do no wrong?

baltimore, be still my heart

Sometimes I fall in love with cities. It happened in Santa Monica about nine years ago and again in Seattle when A was a baby. Now I'm adding Baltimore to the list.

fun thing

Picked up this little beauty at the thrift shop the other day. Hours of fun, I tell you -- best two dollars I ever spent. My only regret is that I didn't pack a leotard.

52 weeks

48/52

Julie
Caroline

two friends
an ocean apart
post one photo a week
with no rules or themes
and no idea what the other is up to.
in a year we'll see.

A full explanation is here.
The complete set is here.

day trip

Took a little day trip to Pennsylvania today where we stopped by the most incredible little pottery slash farmers market type roadside shop.

Every time we go on vacation I think I'd like that to be my life. To run a little roadside shop. Think of all the interesting people you'd get to meet who were just passing through. But then you'd have to stay in one place and maybe you would start wishing you were one of the interesting people just passing through instead of staying in one place with your roadside shop. I can't decide who I'd rather be. Are you a constant or passerby?