Photos Not Words

Because today my house smells like a pet store and I really, really, really have to clean, I leave you with some recent photos in lieu of real words.

Ella in her cage - I mean Exersaucer - sporting her new hat,
a gift from my friends. Tres chic, no?

Ella feeling the bark of a cherry tree
that has been laying, half chopped, in our front yard
for almost a year now.

A collection of things that live on my kitchen windowsill -
the cigarette-smoking cupcakes and letterpress letters from Shaney,
the tiny glass jar from Chad,
and the porcelain hen with chick and turtle from Shaney and Bonnie.