Sept 28 - Long Day Of Small Creatures And Being Outdoors, With A Brief Test Of Larry's Grampa Skills While I Play Sad Piano Songs For Nine People Who Died

True, I could say no
But sun, stout dogs and babies?
Way better than work

Sept 27 - In Which I Begin To Suspect That I Might Develop Really Strange Habits If I Genuinely Lived Alone, Though At Least The Dogs Would All Get Chicken Hearts

I make money, then
Austin rolls in something dead
Wine gums for dinner

Sept 26 - The Car Goes In For A Long-Needed Repair, Indirectly Causing Me To Realize That I Can Cycle If Pressed By Shifting With My Index Finger

Capitulation
I'm impressed we went five months
Others find it odd

Sept 25 - I Believe We've Been Helpful

Four boys to Smitty's
But first, pack up the pantry
I cuddle Doggo

Sept 24 - North To Courtenay To Help The Alpaca Farmer Pack And Clean In Preparation For The Big Move

This is parents' love:
I offer to clean the fridge
Paul cleans the bathroom

Sept 23 - These Are The Ways I Can Tell That Even Though My Hand Is Still Quite Messed Up From The Ladder Business, It's Getting Better

Small signs of progress
Putting on deodorant
Playing the squeeze box

Sept 22 - First Day Of Music Together Class, Though Mostly I'll Remember How Painful It Was With My Bad Hand To Take Notes At An Interview Later On This Same Day

Swirling scarves, wild dance
This must be what it means to
shake your sillies out

Sept 21 - Rosetta And Austin Get To Know Each Other On An Afternoon Walk Along Bewdley

"Walk!" she says with force
The dog walks, perhaps unnerved
by the small tyrant

Sept 20 - In Which An Early-Morning Phone Call From Mom Sends Paul And I Off On An Ambulance And Emergency Ward Adventure

Nothing much is wrong
But it takes hours to know
They like her housecoat

Sept 19 - The Wayward Floridian Traveller Arrives Home

Austin looks edgy
I get it: Dark airport drives
are duty, not fun

Sept 18 - When A Small Person With A Cold And A Big Person With Ladder Injuries Decide To Take It Easy Together, Before One Of Them Heads Off With Old Peers Pals To Eat An Azumi Feast

We could ail alone
But why not ail together?
Later, sushi feast

Sept 17 - Being Accidentally Locked Out Of Toni's House At 8 A.M. On A Pouring-Rain Day Leads Me To Make Poor Decisions Involving An Extension Ladder

A cartoon moment
Except the hard fall is real
Bruised, winded, bleeding

Sept 16 - In Which I Buy A Play Tent And A Sweet Little Rocking Horse, Rent A Fish-Decorated Stroller, And Walk Austin In The Near-Dark Through Saxe Point

Move to Toni's house
Then a long shop with Wild Child
I buy her a tent

Sept 15 - Rosetta Visits Big Pig Farm And Realizes With A Start That Real Farm Animals Bear Little Resemblance To The Fuzzy, Small Versions Depicted In Story Books

Yes, Big Pig's dirty

He eats wasp-covered apples

But he means no harm

Sept 14 - An Afternoon At Gyro Park With Baby-Style Cheese Puffs And A New Friend Who Doesn't Want Trail Mix

Nico likes our snacks
His mom has a sad story
'Whale' hears all, bemused

Sept 13 - A Week Of Inaction Leaves The Car Looking So DisreputableThat I Fear It Will Bring Me Shame If Anyone Sees Me In It

Yellow with pollen
Tires flat; stink of wet dog
Weird. We don't own one

Sept 12 - In Which A Long And Icy Cold Series Of Plane Rides Home Leaves Me Coveting The Stupid-Looking Blankie Shawl That My Fellow Passenger Is Wearing

'Slankets' are ugly
But look how comfy he is
watching Cate Blanchett

Sept 11 - Packing Up, Stuffing My Overstuffed Bag, Heading Home

One last crawl through stores
One last Bjorn bounce with Cerys
I'll welcome cool days

Sept 10 - Morning Hike To The Gorgeous Paynes Prairie Preservation Area, Where We Survive The Heat And Humidity Just Fine Despite Forgetting To Bring Water Yet Again

Gator and bird walk
We lunch in the heat; I sweat
but Cerys just sleeps

Sept 9 - Early Morning Walk Through The San Felasco Woods Followed By A Late Afternoon Walk Through The Devil's Millhopper, Though I Never Do See The Dead Armadillo

Molly sniffs in arcs
Sweeping the trail for clues of
creatures passing by

Sept 8 - Few Things Are More Satisfying Than A Piece Of Baby Equipment That Really Does The Job

Some work gets done, but
mostly we soothe the baby
Sling and Bjorn are hits

Sept 7 - Lovely Morning At The Teaching Zoo, Fine Evening Watching The University Bat House Exodus

A day of creatures
Gibbons, ocelots, horn bills
Bats. So many bats

Sept 6 - Becca Leaves Us Alone With The Baby While She (Briefly) Goes To Work, And It All Goes Well

Morning: Orb weavers
Afternoon: Baby-minding
Paul is Ergo champ

Sept 5 - From Orlando Back To Gainesville, Where Paul Is Inducted Into The Cerys Way And Toured Around Campus

Wake up to waffles
SunPass on, we transpond north
Here comes Grandpa Paul

Sept 4 - In Which I Go To A Big Orlando Outlet Mall On What Has To Be One Of The Busiest Shopping Days Of The Year And Find Little More Than Crowds

Wrong colours. Sameness
Could it be I've bought it all?
Clip bike shoes will do

Sept 3 - Nice Brunch At One Love Then Off To The University Campus To See What's Up For The Florida Gators Opening Game

Today's adventure:
Observing the tailgaters
Blue, orange and beer

Sept 2 - And Off We Go With The Nice GPS Lady Directing Us Hither And Yon

Day off for Gary
Sandra and I search out stores
On the hunt for deals

Sept 1 - In The Path Of Hermine, Though So Far She Seems To Be Taking Quite A Wander Far Away From Gainesville

Most of the day spent
waiting for the hurricane
Morning campus walk