happy father's day

me and dad, easter 1981.

happy mother's day

my favorite picture of us.  1987.

then

i love finding old-ish photos that i've forgotten about.  while doing some organizing the other day, i came across these two photos tucked randomly between scraps of paper.  they're both from when i was at cranbrook and i have no idea who took them.

actually this first one is me on the day i received my MFA.  it just cracks me up...  surround by a huge plush leg made by sarah who now makes the cutest stuffed animals and holding a ceramic turkey (that heats up!) made by joanie...  wearing that silly pink sweatshirt and bright green leggings.

"the image of our country starts with me".  yeah, sure.

and yes, that's me in the middle, poking a stick into the dinosaur's bellybutton.  those were the days when i had ice cream almost every day.

today's special

a photo from my third birthday...  why is my sister blowing out my candles?  and the cake even has my name on it.



actually, my sister's birthday is the day before mine, and my cousin's is a few days after.  so every january, we had our own little birthdays and then a shared celebration.


if only i still had that crown (it would be so easy to add a glittery number '1').  also, it wouldn't hurt if i had a sweater with a house on it.

what's with the beard, dad?

looks more like a father's day post, eh? 

my sis just requested a current photo of our pop, and i couldn't help but scan these and send them along for kicks.  i just love old photos of my parents.  doesn't my mom look cute in the middle one?