DOUGH BOY
I left a ball of pizza dough to rest a little, while I got other things ready for dinner. While I was working, various children trooped through the kitchen and when I looked at the dough again, there was dough boy. Poking a finger into a ball of silky dough: irresistible!

OH YEAH?
Burton Silverman, reacting with characteristic acerbic wit to a comment from the peanut gallery during a demonstration he did today at the Main Line Art Center. This guy is amazing: intellectual and informed, paints like a god, gets himself all over the country, speaks several languages (and did, during out polyglot workshop) and seemed to have more stamina than any of his students (we were all pretty limp at the end of the three days) several of whom are half his age. Which is 80. When he mentioned this some wag in the back muttered "Wow, well in that case, speed the day to 80!"

SNAKE FIGHT
Here's something you don't see every day: two rattlesnakes engaged in scale to scale combat! We went to the zoo over the weekend and happened upon this little drama. The Zoo people were all pretty worked up about it...they kept coming and looking and getting other people to come and look...but nobody seemed to want to go in and break up the fight (!) One of the keepers told us it was two male diamond back rattlesnakes, and that they were engaged in a wrestling match over territory. I was surprised they didn't just bite each other...but I guess they are probably immune to their own poison. So they have to try and squeeze the life out of each other instead. Ah nature, red in tooth and claw!

SUN STRUCK
(and somewhat moonstruck, too.) Something I never thought to see, Henry in a tie! He was all dressed up for Easter services and brunch at his school on Sunday. It was a charming surprise! A couple of the other students were even wearing suits, which I have to say completely boggles my mind. Whoever lent Henry this tie is in for a big surprise as Henry found it extremely useful as a kind of attached handkerchief-napkin!

SPRING WIND

I thought it was old snow
clinging to the fence, stooping
I find white blossoms

HAPPY EASTER
There was a lovely brunch at Henry's school. His housemother Ani had made Russian Sweet Cheese (pashka), as beautiful as a work of art. Shockingly sweet and delicious too. She is going to let me have her recipe, but in the meantime, I think this recipe is probably close, but without the nuts and fruit.

FOUND OBJECT
is the theme this week at Photo Friday. Just a few days ago young H came in from playing outside with this piece of fur he'd found. We have foxes in the neighborhood and we are thinking that this looks like the very tip of a fox's tail!

FIRE BIKE
An experiment conducted by various male members of my household recently. I was invited to come and document the proceedings (as long as I stood well back.) The life of a home photo-journalist is never dull!

FREEDOM
Escaping the cage
the endlessly whirling wheel-
those first slow, free steps

BIRD ART
Sunday morning Paul and I had a quick date and went to see the Cecilia Beaux exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It was really astonishing, amazing and inspiring. We were also very charmed by an installation of small wooden bird sculptures filling the air near the entrance. There's something for every taste at the Academy!