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[elfs]

The weekend comes and goes. Omaha and I looked out the windows this morning and prayed for sunlight, since it was grey and misty. We had a heck of a schedule today: she had two meetings, and we had to run out for monthly groceries. But we got it all done, kids in tow. At 2:00, one of her meetings was here, so the kids were shuffled outside and I went into the bedroom and wrote for a solid hour without interruption. That was actually kinda nice.

It's a hit

After Omaha's meeting, I finished up the last of the responsibilities on the swingset that I could acheive with the tools at hand: I dug out a trench for the foot of the slide, staked and buried it, then provided the steps to get up to the platform. The neighborhood kids discovered it this afternoon and it's a total hit. They couldn't stop playing with it until their parents called them home, and it was very near dark by then.

Farmer Omaha

Omaha worked to get the tomatoes into new trellises (is that the right plural?); the old ones were just too small. The roma tomato plants are growing very tall, and we're definitely seeing tomatoes that are much bigger than the "roma" brand usually found at the supermarket. The stupice are also doing well, giving us great salad tomatoes now and then. The garden is wonderful; only the parsley is doing poorly now.

Yamaraashi-chan

Yamaraashi-chan continues to oscillate between childhood and teenagerdom. She loves the new swing set, but sometimes catches herself and worries she's doing too much "kid stuff." I keep telling her that she's 10 and should enjoy doing kid stuff for as long as it holds puberty and moodiness at bay. She doesn't believe me. But I think this photo caught her beautifully, a serious expression while she was trying out the swings so I could shorten the chains appropriately. I made one set the right height for Kouryou-chan, and one for her. It seems to have worked well all around.

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[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

She's beautiful. I catch that expression on my niece sometimes. I was a big swing-set swinger through the age of 12, and still will if I find one of the big strong ones with the industrial rubber seats.