32

Michael turned 32 on Saturday. He prefers being 32 over 31, so that's good. This is the only photo that I managed to take on his birthday. He's standing outside our apartment building at the outset of a full day. Festivities involved a dutch baby pancake, a Where the Wild Things Are matinee (the plot was questionable in parts, but we loved it all the same), Prima Strada pizzas and a cake. It doesn't sound like much, but it wiped me out!

Taken By Trees

This Taken By Trees cover of Animal Collective's My Girls is so sweet:



Taken By Trees is Victoria Bergsman's latest project (she used to be the voice of The Concretes). I read that Noah Lennox (Animal Collective's Panda Bear) adds his vocals to a track on the Taken By Trees East of Eden album; I shall buy it when I get home.

Remember when it was summer?

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Check out Marc's photos from our July camping trip to Tofino. He took them with a magic camera.

Things Worth Making

Check out the latest post on my other blog: Making savory biscuits

Puzzles

Michael and I got a little obsessed with this puzzle a few weeks back. It was so satisfying! Now we have no idea what to do with it. I know that we should just take it apart and start a new one (like, maybe this one), but I can't bear to do it. For the time being it's on the floor in front of our TV -- a natural place for a puzzle.

I really enjoy jigsaw puzzles, even though I've only worked on a few in my day. It seems like such a fuddy-duddy activity, but it is really addictive AND it's good for your brain.

We saw this painting -- The Birth of Venus -- when we were in Florence. Examining the details of the painting as we put the small pieces together was so satisfying, and we found ourselves doing research about Botticelli as we made progress -- wonderful side benefits to the puzzle-making!