Flanagan Clan

Hiding in the Bushes!!!!

February 14th, 2007

Along our fence in our backyard we have a row of tall arborvitae growing. They are a wonderful way to block noise, as well as a lovely visual barrier from the neighbors. This past week Patrick figured out that there was a small path between the “arbies” and the fence, and was having a wonderful time hiding from Mommy and Daddy. It was nearly impossible to see him until you got really close to the bushes and started looking intently.Â Here’s a few pictures of him enjoying his new hiding spot!

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Thoughts on Love, Again

February 13th, 2007

I posted this poem on this blog last February, but I really felt like posting it again. It’s one of my favorite Shakespeare sonnets. Over the years I have had several friends who dealt with relationship and marital problems, and sometimes it seemed that what it came down to was that their relationships were based on lust. They were only really physically attracted to each other, and that was all. At the first sign of trouble, these relationships became severally damaged or collapsed. Love is something much, much deeper than that. This sonnet says it all.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments, love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worthâ€™s unknown, although his height be taken.
Loveâ€™s not Timeâ€™s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickleâ€™s compass come,
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.~William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116

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Fun With A New Computer

February 12th, 2007

Andrew just bought me a new MacBook, and among the other things that my spiffy new computer comes with, is a built in camera and program that allows us to take funny pictures. We’ve been having a blast taking weird, distorted pictures. Here’s just a sampling of what we’ve been able to do!

“Thermal” picture

Andrew shrunk and I became a Siamese twin

Andrew’s big eye

Doesn’t this look like a movie cover?

I’ve sorta gained a lot of weight since Christmas…. ;o)

Jonny’s head has gotten much longer!

Patrick likes the camera too!

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Big Brother, Little Brother

February 9th, 2007

Ever since I bought these shirts, while I was pregnant with Sammy, I’ve been looking forward to getting some pictures of Patrick and his little brother. Sammy is finally big enough to fit his, so I had a lot of fun taking pictures of the boys this morning. Here are just a few of the many shots I got!!!!