The arrival

"It takes a certain maturity of mind to accept that nature works as steadily in rust as in roses."

This was supposed to be a diptych.

...but I decided that I didn't love the other picture.

"Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat."

-Ben Hecht

Fail Better.

"3 Rules of work: 

a: out of clutter find simplicity

b: from discord find harmony

c: in the midst of difficulty lies opportunity"

-Einstein

My baby.

"Meow"

-Venus

This photo is a few years old, but I believe the book she is reading here is "100 Ways America is Screwing Up the World."  She's just like her mommy.

They say you are something in those formative years-

"The very nature of oppression has always been to force people to live within the confines of some idea about what a person is."

-Jaron Lanier

But we will

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

-Louisa May Alcott

Nothing to worry about

"Negative?  Why always so negative?  If you've got problems, why don't you go solve them?"

-Peter Bjorn and John