Mad Times

David Longdon of the Seattle cycling blog Velocity has run a contest for the last two months for the “Most Visible Night Cyclist”, and I won for December! I’m sure it’s the star Christmas lights that pushed me over the top.

Thanks, David!

Theo is never happier than when he can tie you down by resting his chin on your hand or arm.

Another from back when the babies were small. I can’t imagine how we must have gotten into this position.

This picture is from back when Alice and Theo were only about a year old. Now there are no CRT monitors left in the house (there’re a couple on the bikeport waiting to go to recycling, but none in the house). Also neither cat would tolerate this much contact with the other any more. Which is too bad since the only thing cuter than a couple of kitties is a couple of kitties stacked on top of each other.

More evidence that Alice will sacrifice propriety if it comes into conflict with other priorities like getting in the sweet spot for the maximum warmth from the furnace vent.

Theo was helping me stay focused on the song we were playing at drumming the other day.

You know how a few weeks ago I said that Alice has a highly developed sense of propriety? Well, except when she doesn’t.

And lest you think that she was just lying there like that, see below for a little animation of the photo shoot this was an outtake from.

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