Category Archives: trombone

Out of Nothing At All

It was new wine and chestnuts day. That’s the yearly event where we taste my father’s new batch of wine and eat roasted chestnuts. This year, the wine is a little lighter in colour than previous years. The chestnuts were … Continue reading

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Sweet Baby – Week 19

How long am I going to do these weekly updates? As long as there are cute pictures to share. So, you know, till he’s 12. I got reeel, reeeel ugly at 12 and I hear the ugly, she is passed … Continue reading

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Today

As I start composing this in my head, the cars on the highway outside our window move at a crawl. Through the trees that divide our house from the highway, flashes of red brakelights and yellow headlights hold your attention, … Continue reading

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Sweet Baby – Week 18

Knitted duck cap courtesy of Grandma Aardvark. This is all the photographic evidence I have of the past week. Not that it wasn’t significant or filled with milestone moments. Trombone turned four months old on November 1st. He had his … Continue reading

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The Almonds: A Cautionary Tale

Our stupid (read: ancient and never cleaned) toaster oven has two settings: toast and kill. If you turn your back on it for three seconds, it will incinerate your food and then all the many fire alarms will go off … Continue reading

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