Monthly Archive: January 2010
Silas, Cardinal, and the Puzzle
Almost everyday, I lift Silas up to my window and we watch the cardinal as he perches on the fence by the house. He gets very excited and shouts, “Red bird, red bird!” So, he was very delighted to see for my mom’s winter project, a jigsaw puzzle of a...
Boys and Chairs
I love it when children take everyday objects and let their imaginations transform them into something else. In the boys case today chairs were a train or a bus or something fun. They sure made it fun.
Security for Silas
Security Blankie by Tammy Anderson This has been my favorite blankie, Since the day that I was born. Even though it’s dirty, thin and frayed, And just a little torn. Mommy tries to coax me, To let her wash out all the grime, But I sneak it out from the...
Silas and New Glasses
After noticing Silas has a sensitivity to sun, I splurged and got him a pair of sunglasses!
Embers 4 Ashes at Rams Head
It doesn’t seem that long ago we went to Rams Head to see Todd Rundgren. Imagine how it felt to see my own son and his band Embers 4 Ashes playing there! Last night was such a time. The band right before they were about to play. It was nice...
Homemade Playdough
Miranda made some play-dough for Silas and he enjoyed it so much! Want the recipe? Add coloring to the following: Cooked Playdough (flour and salt) 3 cups flour 1.5 cups salt 6 tsp cream of tarter 3 tbsp oil 3 cups water Dissolve salt in the water. Pour all ingredients...
Faith is Required
Faith is Required Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but I find myself each year, getting off course from all my normal duties. I spend the day after New Years in a heap of fatigue and collapse. I have hardly rested at all when I start to do things...
Digital Art with Apophysis
Over the Christmas break I got some time to play with the digital art program Apophysis. Apophysis is an open source fractal flame editor and renderer for Microsoft Windowsand Macintosh. Apophysis has many features for creating and editing fractal flames, including an editor which allows one to directly edit the transforms by manipulating triangles, a mutations window,...
