The Frith

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

HUG

LATELY, FRITH HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF MANY MANY HUGS. HERE IS FATNESS, THE LATEST RECIPIENT. THAT'S CHERRY JUICE ALL OVER FRITH'S FACE. THIS GIRL, SHE LOVES HER SOME CHERRIES. AND BLUEBERRIES. HATES RASPBERRIES THOUGH. GO FIGURE.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

TOOTHBRUSH

A PENSIVE MOMENT OF DENTAL HYGIENE.

EVEN SUPER-HEROES BRUSH THEIR TEETH.

MAMA AND THE FRITH SELF-PORTRAIT #54

THERE ISN'T ANY GOOD EXPLANATION AS TO WHY FRITH IS GNAWING ON A PAIR OF HER UNDERPANTS.

GROWN UP

TWO - GOING ON THIRTY.

HALF THE REASON MAMA TAKES SO MANY SELF-PORTRAITS IS BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO MAKE FRITH SO DARNED HAPPY. BABY? THITHA? PICTURE? PICTURE? PICTURE?

GRAZING IN THE GRASS

FRITH LYING AROUND IN THE BACK YARD WITH A MOUTHFUL OF ALMONDS.

HOLDEN AND FRITH PICKING RASPBERRIES.

FRITH'S COME-HITHER LOOK MIGHT NEED A LITTLE WORK.

MISS VIC HELPING OUT WITH THE RASPBERRIES.. HOLDEN AND THE FRITH HAVE JUST FALLEN DOWN IN A GIGGLING HEAP NEXT TO HER.

ROLLING AROUND IN ANOTHER FIT OF GIGGLES.

PAPA AND THE FRITH SELF-PORTRAIT #1 AND #2

PAPA AND THE FRITH GOT AHOLD OF MAMA'S CAMERA WHILE MAMA WAS AT WORK.

FATNESS, OF COURSE, IMMEDIATELY HAD TO GET INVOLVED.

Monday, July 02, 2007

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

MAMA AND THE FRITH TOOK A WALK ALONG THE CREEK, AND THEN CAME HOME VIA THE MILL STREET BRIDGE.

WE HADN'T ACTUALLY STOPPED TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR VIEW IN QUITE SOME TIME.

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO AUNTIE REBECCA, WHO LENT FRITH HER DOLL AND DOLL-CRIB FOR SAFEKEEPING.

THE DOLL, NOW OFFICIALLY NAMED "PUPPE" IS A HUGE HIT.

PUPPE ACCOMPANIES FRITH EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING INTO THE BATH. LUCKILY, PUPPE HAS A DRAINAGE OUTLET LOCATED IN THE APPROPRIATE ANATOMICAL SPOT.

MAMA AND THE FRITH SELF-PORTRAIT #53

Friday, June 29, 2007

HAPPINESS IS A WARM BEAN

FRITH IN THE BACK SEAT HAVING DINNER WITH OMI, ON THE WAY HOME FROM A VISIT WITH OLD FRIENDS.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

ROCK STAR, CAR THIEF, NAKED GARDENER.. AS LONG AS SHE'S HAPPY

WITH LEG WARMERS ON HER ARMS AND A FAST PAIR OF RED SHADES, FRITH WAS A STYLE MACHINE THIS AFTERNOON.

EARLIER, FRITH DEMONSTRATES A BUDDING PENCHANT FOR CAR THIEVERY. SHE TRIES THE DOOR OF EVERY "AUTO" WE PASS ON THE STREET.

PLAYING WITH THE HOSE IN THE BACKYARD, PANTS-FREE OF COURSE.

DERIVING FROM THE ANCIENT WORD "PRIYAS" MEANING "ONE'S OWN", FRITH'S ORIGINAL MEANING WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE "THE PEACE ENJOYED WHILE AMONG ONE'S OWN FAMILY OR TRIBE" .. FRITH IS OFTEN TRANSLATED SIMPLY AS "PEACE".

THE FULL MEANING OF FRITH ENCOMPASSES PEACE BUT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND IT, TO COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE. THE TERM FRITH CAPTURED A HUGE PROPORTION OF EVERYTHING GOOD THAT COULD EXIST IN LIFE, AND ALL OF THESE GREW OUT OF THE ROOTS OF THE KINDRED ITSELF -- THE KINDRED RELATIONSHIP.

ANCIENT VIKINGS WOULD INVOKE AN AGREEMENT AMONG ALL PRESENT THAT ARGUMENTS AND DISAGREEMENTS ARE LEFT 'OUTSIDE' THE DOOR DURING CELEBRATION : A 'PROMISE' TO KEEP FRITH. ANYBODY WHO DID NOT RESPECT THIS WOULD HAVE LOST FACE AND ALSO HONOUR. IN THE OLDEN DAYS ONE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ALL WEAPONS OUTSIDE, TO ENSURE THAT DISCUSSIONS DIDN'T END IN BLOODSHED. SO FRITH IS AN AGREEMENT AMONG SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO RESPECT EACH OTHER TO KEEP 'PEACE'.

FRITH DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET ALONG; IT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD ALL STAND, AND ACT, FOR SOMETHING REAL AND MEANINGFUL, AND THAT THOSE OF US WHO FIND OURSELVES STANDING FOR ENOUGH OF THE SAME IMPORTANT THINGS SHOULD STAND TOGETHER, IN LIFELONG COMMITMENTS WITHOUT CONSTANTLY WEIGHING THE BENEFITS AGAINST THE COSTS.

IN ESSENCE, FRITH IS NOT AN ABSENCE, BUT A PRESENCE. IT IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE; RATHER IT FILLS THE SPACES BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING THAT IS STRONGER AND MORE IMPORTANT, MORE MEANINGFUL, THAN STRIFE.

FRITH IS AN ACTIVE, DELIBERATE, MINDFUL PEACE.