http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:04:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Hallowell, Maine] I guess there's some disagreement over the name. Our hosts call it Jimmy Pond, but I'm going with what's printed on the sign. We like it so much yesterday, we went back for some more swimming today. http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/jamies-pond/ [Ronin and Alden discuss solutions to Rubik's Cube.] [Kerstin, Alden, and Ilana] [Baby Fight! The latest blood sport to sweep the nation.] [Kerstin working the grill.] http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/gardiner-maine-2/ [flash /images/0808/ro_water.flv w=400 h=300 f={autostart=false}] Takhlakh Lake, WA http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/splish-splash/ We had our first camping trip in about 75 germillion years and it turned out great! We met up with some friends of ours (who also have a baby) at Takhlakh Lake near Mt. Adams in Washington, and even though we didn't have a reservation, we decided we'd go for ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/ronin-goes-camping/ Mt. Adams from Takhlakh Lake, Gifford Pinochet National Forest, WA http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/mt-adams/ One of Ronin's favorite things is an unopened granola bar. She can kill an hour happily worrying the thing, chewing on the wrapper, turning it over in her hand, rustling the crinkly plastic, mushing around the contents, etc. Generally we give her the Trader Joes bars and I never worried ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/inferior-wrapper-technology/ It would seem that six months marks a trying time for helpless babies and their bleary-eyed counterparts. I'm talking about everyone's favorite topic: sleep. Sleep and Ronin are at odds lately. Sleep and Ronin have a on-again, off-again relationship and this relationship is on the rocks. Sleep and Ronin = ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/ay-dah/ Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/longboard/ [flash /images/0808/yam_yam.flv w=400 h=300 f={autostart=false}] An all new video wherein Ronin has a second encounter with a yam. As you can see she still hasn't quite figured out how to deal with "solids." http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/ronin-and-the-yam/ Ronin had her six-month checkup and shots the other day. She was really good and showed off all her milestones for the doctor. The shots were horrible as usual and Dora the nurse again traumatized the three of us with her breezy sense of incompetence. Ronin crashed out the moment ... http://searunner.sv-timemachine.net/2008/08/dumpster-diving-yuppies/