A Busy Morning for Maggie

Springfield Gothic at Trinity Church

Through a grant from the Boston Foundation of Architecture, the Springfield Public Schools and Trinity cooperated on a program to teach city art students about Gothic architecture and stained glass. Their artwork is on display in the chapel this week.

Snow recap

I went out this morning planning on recreating the shots I published on January 27, but I was able to recreate only one of them. The driveway is wider here because it was plowed last week, but the snow across the street is even higher.

The current version of the shot of the path next to the garage would have been just a white pile of snow for the entire frame, so instead I took a picture of the garage, basically 180 degrees from the previous shot. The garage hasn't collapsed yet, and the snow's starting to melt a bit, so I guess it's safe. Mr. Toad hopes it is; he spends any time he isn't motoring in it.

Back from Pittsburgh

We returned from Pittsburgh yesterday. Here's Mr. Toad covered with salt and dirt from the trip, sitting in front of the fresh piles of snow in our driveway.

Two More

Angstrom and CL.

And Angstrom thinking about dinner.

Super Bowl Sunday

Steelers fans lined up in front of the bar across the street from Jesse & Aurora's at 11:59 a.m. (they opened at noon).

Snow at Home; Angstrom in Pittsburgh

Our friend Mary Beth sent us this shot, calling it the abandoned house on Firglade Ave. We hope to get home on Monday and start attacking the snow and ice.

Here in Pittsburgh we have Angstrom with his mother
and in his Steelers hat in preparation for tomorrow night.

A Couple More Shots of Angstrom

This is the third color of solid food for Angstrom. Previously he tried white (rice cereal) and orange (sweet potatoes), and now he's moved on to green (avocado). That may be why he looks a little doubtful here.

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion

The reason for our Pittsburgh visit is to see Angstrom (and his parents); the excuse for the trip was to go to a Sarah Lee and Johnny concert. Here are a few shots of them.

Wednesday Morning

Angstrom studying his sock

and almost standing up.

Angstrom Rolling Over

Angstrom rolls over to get to his toys.

Angstrom in his ExerSaucer

Food and Kids

Maggie (last Friday) and Angstrom (yesterday):

Trinity Church in the Snow

Maggie

Here are a few shots of Maggie this morning. She fed her baby, did some modeling, and finally built herself a nest.

Snow in Cambridge, too

We're in Cambridge for a day or so. Here are first impressions, looking both ways down J&A's street. While the car in the foreground of the first shot isn't a MINI, we saw several MINIs in the same condition. Mr. Toad is even more grateful for his garage.

Even More Snow

Another 8 or 9 inches last night.

Chilly

This is what the local TV station thinks the lows were this morning,

but this is the lowest we saw on our back porch with the sensor next to the house (the 56.5 is the indoor temperature, by the way).

DC and NoVA

We drove down to Washington, DC and environs this weekend to visit to visit (in chronological order) our grandnephew Henry, almost 3 months old,

daughter Johanna (in front of her beautiful apartment building and trying to hide behind Mr. Toad),

and also my cousin David and his wife Christina, whom we hadn't seen in 18 years (no pictures).

We also visited a few wineries. Primary among them was Chrysalis Vineyards. Here's the main entrance, and below are a tasting area and us.