Saturday, August 30, 2008

yellow leaves and maple trees

"I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one-second isn't a second at all. It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... and yellow leaves, from the maple trees that line my street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... and the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... and Janie... and... and Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but its hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world.


Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday."


-Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham.


Imbalance of Positive and Negative Charges

Collinsville Park



























































St. Louis Zoo for Peyton's Birthday


































































Happiness is as a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp. But, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

-Nathanial Hawthorne

St. Louis Zoo







Potty Training Wars


" The poop doesn't like this potty"

"I think the poop got scared and ran back into my bottom."

"BUT MOM.... the pee isn't ready to come out yet!"