eye

eye, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

I'm thinking about getting into the picture.

Untitled, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

Well, maybe dashing through the edges. I started this workshop yesterday with Vivienne McMaster and a group of other women from all around the world.

thirteen hundred years of marriage

Apparently the thirteenth anniversary is the laundry anniversary. Also the Doctor Who anniversary.

I love you John.

made

made, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

bitter

I feel like I put some sort of bitter pill in my mouth just after the holidays, and I still haven't spit it out yet. What am I waiting for?

john draws :: spaceship triptych

john draws :: spaceship tryptych, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

This little guy has a lot going on. It seems as though he's burst into 'his own" in the past two or three months.

ella miranda

ella miranda, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

We went down to the park by the river between thunderstorms tonight, and I brought my camera along.

john

john, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

i sing

i sing, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

twirl

twirl, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

happy mother's day

happy mother's day, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

apple eater

apple eater, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

This scruffy little faerie was under the tree eating her apple.

tuning in to the universe

tuning in, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

Ella did a hoop dancing workshop after school today.

me

me, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

j

j, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

He's home from school a little bit covered in blue marker.

red room author's tea

red room author's tea, a photo by ellajohn on Flickr.

A few of you have asked about the story that John wrote for his author's tea event.

The Trap of Trap Doors


The chair was in mid-air.

Actually, someone that is invisible is lifting it up.
Someone else put a net under the chair so the person was trapped.

He pushed out from under the net with the chair.

Then he fell in a trap door.

The trap door led to the middle of nowhere.

Then he saw a ship and it dropped wood on him.

He pushed out of the wood, and then he ran to a door and fell down.

A horse ran right over him.

Then he went home and had some cake.

alpaca

alpaca, originally uploaded by ellajohn.

Each skein has the picture and name of the animal that the yarn was made from. What a great gift. Now I just need time to actually knit.

I finished staining and sealing the deck, and I potted a big new pot of grasses, mounding basil, and a sedum. If only the other rooms were so easy. I worked in the children's room for a few hours today. The though of putting our house on the market in a little more than two weeks is daunting.

alpaca

alpaca, originally uploaded by ellajohn.

singing around the peace pole

singing around the peace pole, originally uploaded by ellajohn.

The third graders read their stories tonight at school, and I'm sure everyone was thinking how their stories have evolved even though some elements have remained the same. Afterward they sang and danced around the peace pole before going home.

Ruby spent a few too many hours at school today and chanted, "I see your boobie" through much of the program. Hooray.

flower mouth

purple pansy mouth, originally uploaded by ellajohn.