Binbin's view

Is Binbin a budding artist? You be the judge. Here are a few snapshots that he took recently:


The Parental Units




Untitled (My Chair)



Untitled (Mobile Solar System)



The Parental Units, 2

winter's second or third to last hurrah...

I'm posting backwards in time. There are from February, I think. Winter lasts seemingly forever in Maine, and so you have to find activities appropriate to the season. These can range from making snowmen..



to shaking off branches heavy with freshly fallen snow..



to baking cookies and rolling chocolate truffles (yummy!).

in living color

Last Saturday was amazing...that first day that really feels like spring. We took advantage of the gift of sunshine and warm air, and headed out to the beach for a picnic.



Then, Binbin decided to look for snails. We dug a home for them in the sand, and gathered a mommy snail, a daddy snail, and a baby snail. There! Now they are all happy!



Binbin and Jack climbed across the rocks.



Sunday was nearly as nice, and we headed south to Old Orchard Beach. It has more of a California or Ft. Lauderdale feel. The crowds won't be here for months yet, and so the pier is closed and the carnival rides, too. But we had fun, playing our scary waffel game and throwing sticks into the surf.

coming to a monitor near you...

a new post about Binbin. We've been running here, there, everywhere, and have not paused to write a post. We haven't even paused to download photographs (127 and counting still on the camera). But when we do, and I promise it will be soon, we will have sensational stuff for your viewing pleasure.

This past weekend, for example, we went to the beach at Reid State Park and spent a gorgeous noon-hour clambering over rocks and gathering snails so that they could be a "family." The next day, we went to the beach again! This time to Old Orchard Beach, where the boardwalk was boarded up, but the sandy expanse stretched far to the horizon north and south, and people numbering in the tens jogged or strolled or sauntered about. No crowds to contend with. I remembered the meaning to a phrase I'd been uttering to candidates visiting our campus: Maine is a beautiful place to live.