navy hospital ship uss repose...vietnam

my war hero...my dad...navy surgeon...james francis gorman

the port authority released a photo of this incredible view of lower manhattan from the spire of the freedom tower...it sure takes a special person to work that high up!

weather for the weekend is not looking good....the bbq may have to wait...six weeks to July 4?


I once dated a weather girl....we talked up a storm....Jay London

emma found this easy patriotic fruit salad idea on pinterest 

men acting like boys....boy acting like a man...enjoy the single sea of love from the national's new album...trouble will find me

van gogh....tulip fields

my little tulip bulb

future photog

lovely spring night rushing by

tatiana serebriakova  with vegetables

bella in her new blouse

van gogh....wheatfield with crows...1890...may have been his last painting...makes me think of the sting song fields of gold

from the new yorker

serebryakova....at dinner

saw this amazing sundog yesterday 

enjoy this superb 1928 recording of the second movement of dvorak's string quartet op. 96

interesting article at gardenista about the fiddle leaf fig....I am definitely considering buying one for our parlor

nella marchesini....spring (self-portrait)...1930

beautiful andrew wyeth self-portrait...1949

zinaida serebriakova...self-portrait....1924...also love this painting of her children...entitled house of cards

egon schiele...self-portrait...1909

george clair tooker...self-portrait...1947...love the renaissance feel

self-portrait....reflection in a gold box...2013

kertesz...self-portrait with life masks...1976

still from opening scene of tarkovsky's film ivan's childhood...michael and I are watching this beautifully haunting film about the horrors of war from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy whose family has been killed...check out this review and clips from criterion and this interview with the director...who bergman called "the greatest director"

happy...happy...happy 14....owen...we love you

soooo cute....seems like yesterday

wiggo and weller...look related

mother's day gift...time on my bike

van gogh....mother roulin with her baby.....1888...look at those baby cheeks

enjoy paul weller's be happy children....I think he has as many as michael and I!

ideal

actual

Happy Mother's Day !

elsbeth drawing self-portrait from iphone

I love my little guy

wings

nice

looking up...more sunroof images