Wordless Wednesday: Niagara Falls
This past summer, we had a chance to go to Niagara Falls with my sister Meg. Such a great day. We miss you, Aunt Meg! Related…
What’s The Eight-Year-Old reading this week?
Our once-again-mostly-weekly survey of the tidbits that cross The Eight-Year-Old’s desk. This week, The Eight-Year-Old reads several of Betty MacDonald’s Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books and buries my inbox in animal stories.
Wordless Wednesday: Summer’s End
My Facebook feed is flooded with back to school shots of kids in backpacks, my cat is suspiciously calm, and Tigery’s once more stationed at our front window. School…
The Eight-Year-Old goes on strike
After a hard day decluttering, The Eight-Year-Old and her Daddyo collapsed on the couch in the Family Cave. When I walked in the room with yet…
The Eight-Year-Old browses our bookshelves
The Eight-Year-Old, while browsing through our bookshelves, stops abruptly at a shelf full of pastel-spined books. Mommyo, curiously: “What are you looking at, The Eight-Year-Old? My books…
Wordless Wednesday: Best summer ever
In Canelo’s opinion, anyway. Related Links: More Canelo photos on Caterpickles
“What’s the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?”
When my daughter realized I couldn’t tell the difference between alligators and crocodiles, she told me I needed to write a Caterpickles about it. “That’s the only way you’ll ever learn it, Mommyo.” Fortunately for me, telling the difference is pretty simple–it’s all in the snout, the teeth, and the water.
Wordless Wednesday: A cat’s life
Dude, holding down this bed is exhausting! Related Links: More Canelo pictures on Caterpickles And for you long-term readers: Mulberry on Caterpickles Cozy on Caterpickles
The Eight-Year-Old redraws famous works of art with tigers: Blue Tigery
Earlier this summer, The Eight-Year-Old stumbled onto the concept of derivative art. She looks up various works of art on her Daddyo’s iPad, then redraws them as portraits of Tigery. Earlier this summer, she integrated Tigery into da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Munch’s The Scream, and Manet’s Self-Portrait with Palette. This week, The Eight-Year-Old and her buddy Tigery are reworking Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy.
The Eight-Year-Old eats lunch
The Eight-Year-Old, munching happily on a picnic lunch: “Pringles should not mess in the affairs of humans for they are crunchy, and good with ketchup.” Related…
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