Monday, April 18, 2016

Monday, April 18, 2016

Tonight's picture was taken in January of 2003. Mattie was only 9 months old, but fully on. That day we went outside in our commons area so Mattie could scoot around in his "tot wheels." In essence it was a walker. He sat in it, his feet touched the ground and the walker had wheels. Mattie did not toddle around, instead I would say he flew on wheels. 

Peter always joked with me! He said that you could always tell where I was in Mattie's photos since Mattie's eyes typical tracked me. Mattie kept a close bead on me. This maybe hard to see in this photo, but thanks to our Facebook friend, Tim Beck, you will see exactly what Peter meant below. 


Quote of the day: You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved. ~  Ansel Adams

When Tim posted the photo above on my Facebook page (as I typically do), I commented on it.  Tim captures photos he sees on the blog and transforms them. When Tim shares them with me on Facebook, I always pause and try to remember when the photo was taken and the context. When I told Tim what Peter used to say about Mattie's eyes, Tim decided to blow up the photo. It maybe hard to see here, but in the upper left hand corner, you will see my reflection. Which makes sense, since Peter was snapping the photo directly in front of Mattie and I was standing off to the side! 

This afternoon traffic was horrific in front of our home. I did not know why, until Peter and I took a walk later in the day. We found a large filming crew in front of the Watergate buildings. 

It was close to 80 degrees today and humid. It felt like summer. As we walked through Washington Harbor, along the Potomac River, EVERYONE was out and about. I mean everyone and everything...... bicycles, dogs, you name it! It was like people came out of hibernation. 

This was my favorite sight along our walk.... a mama duck with 14 ducklings! Mattie would have gotten very excited over this sighting, because whenever he saw a duck with her ducklings, he would tell me it reminded him of us. 

The beauty of pansies!