BumBumBumbleBee

These photos are amazing and needed to be shared.
Matt took these last week on a rare sunny day - there are literally hundreds of bees in our garden at any given time, most too drunk on pollen to notice the other bees (or bee species) or the humans.



Check out the pollen sacks on this green headed bee/wasp/flyingstinginginsect.


"You talkin' to me? You must be talking to me."


Amazing that those paper thin wings get them around - and who knew bees were fuzzy like little puppies, well maybe not puppies...

Roscoe comes for a visit

Roscoe stayed with us this weekend for a little doggie slumber party...


Althea and Roscoe get along great - he loves to kiss her and she loves to play fetch with him...


"Hey Roscoe, wanna go for a walk?"


Althea, Cooper and Roscoe waiting for Matt at the bottom of the stairs.

Hair Product

Even though we don't use hair products it doesn't mean we don't own hair products...

I used some Bumble and Bumble hair wax on our girl's hair after the women at daycare "did" her hair a.k.a. made her look like Pebbles, ugh.


Waxing out those curls...


Bigger hair Mommy - I want bigger hair!


Random tooth brushing shot - mmm...tooth brushing...

Playing

This summer has been so... rainy that Althea and I have been playing inside the house quite a bit. One of her favorite games to play is peek-a-boo, we use the doorways to hide and "scare" each other. She also enjoys just plain old yelling for the heck of it and growling --- hmmm...



Here I am!


"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


"I said! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!"

awh...lil' gurl

Some more fun summer shots of our girl...


True to her hippy name Miss Althea loved wearing her flower head wreath...I had fun making it...


The "Budding Genius" with her daddy and her doggie.


In the middle of an allergy attack she still looks cute as a button.


Did I mention she is crazy about climbing? She is crazy about climbing. This chair came from Rose's house and I rediscovered it this summer - I think Rose would appreciate the metallic pink paint, complete with a purple metallic crown for Princess Althea Rose.

Rain Out

Okay so I have never been to a rain out game when the sun was shining...but there is a first for everything. Yesterday's Sea Dogs double header was postponed due to unsafe field conditions - we got soaked with rain over night and all morning long - I think Hadlock may need a drainage system upgrade...


The rainout didn't stop Slugger from coming to meet Althea!

Dear Manny

I was going to post some new photos of our girl Althea aka Peanut the Destroyer but then the Manny news hit. I am moving through the stages of grief - vacillating between extreme sadness and anger right now. Well perhaps that description is a bit strong... I keep thinking about all the greats that the Red Sox have let slip through their hands - Fisk, Clemens, Martinez, Nomar, and now Manny. Is this the real curse? Are the owners simply money-grubbers? Is this the beginning of the sell-off of the team - like they did with the Marlins? I really was fearful when they began lambasting him in the press with the supposed leaks that this was the end of Manny being Manny in Beantown. People I know who love the Sox are believing all the junk coming out of the mouths of Theo and the crew - it makes me sad. I wonder how much season tickets go for at Dodger Stadium...