THE FRITH - A RETROSPECTIVE

UNTIL MAMA FINDS THE TIME TO GET THE KAMERA BATTERY ISSUE SORTED OUT, HERE'S A LITTLE RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT A MUCH YOUNGER BEAN :

SOME MORNING PICTURES

IN THE FEW MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL EACH MORNING, FRITH AND MAMA TRY TO GET A LITTLE TIME IN TOGETHER.

MOSTLY WE SPEND THIS TIME EATING BREAKFAST.

AND HAMMING IT UP..

AND GETTING CAUGHT BY PAPARAZZI.

SATURDAY MORNING WE SPENT AT THE ANCASTER FAIR. ALONG WITH OUR TIME IN THE GREEN PARTY BOOTH, WE VISITED WITH COWS, HORSES, GEESE, ROOSTERS, CHICKENS, BUNNIES. AND THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHEEP. WE ALSO RODE THE MERRY GO ROUND, THE SPINNING CARS AND THE FLYING ELEPHANTS. WE MAY GO BACK FOR THE TRAIN RIDE TODAY, IF THE WEATHER HOLDS.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME ANY MORE

APOLOGIES FOR THE LACK OF PHOTOS LATELY. THE KAMERA IS NOT FUNCTIONING SO WELL ANY MORE. ONE PHOTO AND THEN BOOM, NO MORE BATTERY.

MAMA AND FRITH DON'T SEEM TO HAVE MUCH TIME TO JUST HANG OUT THESE DAYS. WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE RUN FROM SOMEWHERE TO SOMEPLACE. I MISS JUST HANGING AROUND ON THE BED READING IN THE MORNINGS..

BUT SOME THINGS HAVE STAYED THE SAME.. BREAKFAST IN A BEAM OF SUNSHINE, IN OUR PAJAMAS FOR INSTANCE.

SCHOOL AND ALL THAT

MAMA AND FRITH MADE THE TREK TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THOUGH THERE WAS SOME INITIAL TREPIDATION, AND MANY TIGHT HUGS..

IT WAS FOR THE MOST PART A JOYOUS EXPERIENCE (EXCEPT FOR THE BIT WHERE MAMA CRIED HER EYES OUT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CAR OF COURSE)

.. A KAMERAFONE SHOT FROM A FEW DAYS AGO IN OMI'S BACKYARD



WE'LL LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH A QUIET MORNING INTERLUDE.. THE FRITH, ENJOYING HER HOT CEREAL WITH FRUIT.

TWO MINTS

AFTER DINNER WITH MAMA-BEAR AND OPA, MAMA AND FRITH TOOK A LEISURELY HIKE ALONG THE RAIL TRAIL WITH OMI. MOSQUITOS NOTWITHSTANDING, IT WAS SIMPLY A BEAUTIFUL EVENING.

MAMA FOUND A PHOTO ON THE KAMERAFONE OF FRITH IN HER NEW (USED) PEBBLES DRESS AND PIPPI LONGSTOCKING SOCKS.. HOLDING THEO AND WRANGLING HOUSECATS. A TYPICAL MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF FRITH.

PINK PIXIE

MAMA WENT SHOPPING WITH AUNTIE NANCY IN TORONTO.. WE PICKED OUT THIS FAST OUTFIT FOR FRITH.

(FRITH WORE IT NONSTOP FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT, NIGHTS INCLUDED)

MAMA AND FRITH STILL LIKE TO HANG OUT READING ON THE FRONT LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON, WHEN IT GETS SHADY


WITH HAYFEVER SEASON WELL UNDERWAY, THIS IS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING ON MAMA'S PART


THIS AFTERNOON, OMI STOPPED BY FOR A VISIT AS WELL

ONE MINT

AT OMI'S HOUSE, HAVING A QUICK READ BEFORE DINNER.

FACES OF FRITH

GOOFY FRITH

SERIOUS FRITH

PASTA-EATING FRITH

MAMA AND FRITH GOOGLED HOW TO OPEN A COCONUT. HERE IS THE RESULT. (IT WAS DELICIOUS. WE MADE CEREAL OUT OF THE MILK, AND SHARED THE MEAT WITH OMI).

WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY INCORPORATING MORE RAW CUISINE INTO OUR VEGAN HOUSEHOLD.

THIS IS RAW ZUCCHINI PASTA.

IT WAS A HIT.


I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE IS SAYING HERE, BUT CLEARLY IT IS HILARIOUS.

HERE'S THE RECIPE FOR THE ZUCCHINI PASTA :

PEEL A ZUCCHINI. THEN UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPIRALIZER, WHICH MAMA IS GOING TO BUY THIS WEEK) THROW THE OUTSIDE PEEL INTO THE COMPOST BIN, AND CONTINUE TO USE THE CARROT PEELER TO TAKE OFF LONG THIN RIBBONS OF ZUCCHINI, UNTIL THE WHOLE THING IS USED UP.

HERE'S THE RECIPE FOR THE PESTO SAUCE (FRITH FOUND THIS TOO GARLICKY, SO I ADDED TOMATOES AND TOOK OUT THE GARLIC FOR HERS) :

2 CUPS BASIL LEAVES
1/4 CUP OLIVE OIL
2 CRUSHED GARLIC CLOVES
1/4 TSP CELTIC SEA SALT
1/4 CUP RAW PINE NUTS

BLEND IT ALL TOGETHER, TOSS IT WITH THE ZUCCHINI STRIPS, AND SERVE.

GROANING UP

THIS IS WHAT MAMA AND FRITHA HAVE MANAGED TO GROW IN THE GARDEN THIS SUMMER.

ONE VERY VERY LARGE ZUCCHINI.

FRITH POSED BESIDE IT SO YOU COULD GET AN IDEA OF THE SCALE.

LATER, MORE UNDERPANTS ON THE HEAD. NEVER GETS OLD.

ASSORTED MINTS

FRITH LIKES TO PAINT HER OWN AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S NAILS.

HERE WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE MORNING'S WORK ON PAPA'S FEET.

THE LATEST IN FASHIONABLE HEADWEAR FOR TWO YEAR OLDS.

TRES AMUSANT, NON?

FRITH AND MAMA HAVE DISCOVERED A HOT NEW PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM IMRE'S HOUSE. WE HAVE DECIDED TO CALL IT IMRE'S PARK.. IMRE MIGHT APPRECIATE THE MEMORIAL IN HIS HONOUR, CONSIDERING HE AND ANNE ARE MOVING TO FRANCE ON THURSDAY.

FRITH INFORMED ME THIS AFTERNOON THAT SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE A TRIP ON A TRAIN.

SHE TRIED TO CONVINCE FATNESS TO GO WITH HER. HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, BUT IN THE END DECIDED NAPPING ON THE DECK WAS A BETTER USE OF HIS TIME.