andrew on June 21st, 2009

Well, we had a busy day on the solstice yesterday. Derby had his final “puppy class” first thing in the morning. He did great though his enthusiam to see all the other puppies can be a little, well, enthusiastic. From there we went to watch River bowl at her rounders match. She played really [...]

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andrew on June 17th, 2009

At the end of March, I met my friend Sean in Amsterdam.  It had been quite a while since we’d last seen each other, but we had a great time exploring this fascinating city.

The Van Gogh museum had an excellent exhibit of his evening and nighttime scenes, reflecting his view of the dark hours as [...]

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andrew on June 6th, 2009

River has been enjoying playing rounders recently.  She played on the team last spring as well, but this year she is the bowler.  In baseball terms, that means she is the pitcher.

They use these tiny little bats.

River’s coach mentioned to me recently how much they will miss having her on the team next year.  We [...]

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andrew on June 6th, 2009

It is now well into June and there are still things from April that I haven’t posted about.  April was a month of amazing weather and we spent a lot of time outside enjoying the sunshine.  According to the Met Office, it was the third warmest April on record since 1914.
The hammock came out of [...]

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