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“Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment.” – unknown

I sit down to do the photos of the week and most times think that I’m going to have a picture or two at most to go with the heart and sign of the week. Then I look at my phone and am amazed at all our memories from the week. It’s good thing I wrote about time this week, because it seems to be passing at lightning speed.

This first set is training Cooper. When he ate up more of Miss O’s homework, I regretted the word hanging of his mouth wasn’t “sitting” because wouldn’t that have been priceless?

And then we move on to the other animals we found this week. Two baby snails and a worm so long (by the picture, it appears he’s 4 feet long… 🙂 ) . We had to stop, take a picture and lift him into the grass because he was working hard to haul that big body across the sidewalk.

A perfect fall night at Greenlake. It’s kinda like a fairy tale except our castle is made out of sand and the flag is made of feathers.

A heart made by removing the oxidation with lemon juice on the original copper galley table of an 80-year-old boat. Ahh, our hearts are full.

“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen

I love the light this time of year!

From the top left:

Camping under the light of full moon
the roundabout
a doggie playdate as wild as the roundabout
Cooper reminding us he won’t be a baby for much longer
and fun putting up Halloween decorations.

The sign of the week comes from a third grade classroom open house. It’s taken me 50 years to learn this lesson the hard way. I guess I should have paid more attention in class when I was in third grade!

And coming full circle from the top of the post – the heart of the week is a patch of sunlight through the trees on the sidewalk.

“How does light enter a house? If the windows are open. How does light enter a human? If the door of love is open.” – Paulo Coehlo

Miss O loves going to the doctor – a preference she is trying to pass on to her brother.

I’m amused by the different views on hiking in my family. What for Mr. D is “spending time on the mountain” is still mostly a lie-about for Cooper.

Fairy houses, funny faces, going for a swing, and “training” Cooper.

A beautiful heart of the week provided by the delightfully sunny, Julia Preston, of the Voices in my Head blog and author of the incredibly fun, insightful and must-buy book Voices: Who’s In Charge of the Committee in My Head
So the sign of the week is Shakespeare just to try to keep up.

“Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.” – Peace Pilgrim

From the top left – turns out the Miss O is very good at winning games at the Washington State Fair. She also likes the rides, ans it turns out that I don’t. It’s as if I needed a reminder that I’m an endurance person, not a speed person. See my expression on the bumper cars. And on the swingy-swingy thing. Ugh! Miss O is the one with her arms out wide. I’m the one with my eyes closed.

Hence the quote selection for this post – yep, keep the feet on the ground. And yes, I’m totally fine with you laughing with/at me. 🙂

I’d entitle this grouping “Mr. Cooper goes to Washington” but since we’re already here, I guess that’s not exactly accurate. Instead, its the Adventures of Mr Cooper: he goes to school, learns to drive, hangs out at the dog park, goes for a neighborhood lie-about, and then decides he decides riding in the car best of all.

The heart and the sign of the week which sums it all up beautifully.

“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” – Andy Bernard

Someone’s growing up…and by that, I don’t just mean the dog.

Clockwise from top left:

I suspect that climbing route might be the closest experience my kids have of a telephone handset.

Miss O and Mr D vying for honorary Seattle ambassador status.

It didn’t take long for Mr. D to get someone to ride on the back of his motorcycle.

Mr. D puts the service in service station.

And speaking of service, the bottom left shows a special forces soldier doing mailbox reconnaissance.

Heart of the week is an air pocket in a baguette. And the sign of the week is courtesy of my tea bag. It feels like the message might be a koan. My head isn’t quite sure what to do with it but my heart feels like it’s true.

“A bird is safe in its nest – but that’s not what wings are made for.” – Amit Ray

Riffing off the quote of the post – apparently wings are made for rides at the fair. At first the tame rides we’re fine but it wasn’t long before Miss O wanted to try out the Tornado. At the end, we talked to a turkey and that was Mr. D’s favorite part. I think he invited it over for Thanksgiving.

Meet Cooper aka named Mini Cooper for his puppy stage. He’s coming home on August 11. At which point you should all expect this blog to go to the dogs!

Except for Mr D and Miss O, of course!

The sand castle heart (aka Castle Heart Island) and the sign of the week.