Rockland Weekend

This weekend I had the Maine Boats Homes and Harbors show with my pots in Rockland… a weekend that financially turned out not so well but a few good things came from it. First I got to spend three awesome nights with my sweet friends the Eichenlaubs, which is always a treat, and second, I got my work in a gallery called Michael Good Gallery in Rockland.

This show was nice, but long and very slow this year, which adds to the unfortunate part of doing shows, which is just that you can never know how they are going to go until you try them. And even then, a show could be great one year and not the next. So it was worth a go, but I’m not sure I will do it again.

In the end the highlight was staying with Jake, Iris, and Sylvan, (Jonas was away at “nerd” camp) and I was so grateful for them as always. So many yummy meals, laughs and good visiting!


And here is Iris’s sweet handwritten recipe of rosemary infused homemade lemonade that is to die for. Check out her blog http://craftingmamalibrarian.wordpress.com/ she is amazing and always shares great things! Yum!

my new love

So my very dear friend Amanda and her sweet husband Adam created the most amazing human being this past year, and I am so in love. Lots and lots of my friends have had babies and they all have been amazing in their own little ways. Aiden was my first baby love, when I was still in college. He was the first of our group to come along and he was my little buddy, and in the 13 years since then there have been many sweet little beings born.

This year however, this baby, is different. He’s AMANDA’s. Amanda, who has known me longer than almost anyone. Amanda, who I met at 6 years old, grew up with on Peaks Island, went through high school with, worked at the ice cream store with, shared so many pieces of my life with that when I look at her, I see myself. Literally. It’s weird. I am incredibly grateful everyday that our friendship is still a strong, no questions relationship that has lasted so many years.

Emmett's arrival completely shifted my world, he is the closest to feeling like my child of any children I know, if that makes any sense, coming from Amanda who feels like an extension of me. I have spent so much time with them, and also he is just an amazing little man. He is complete joy, his face, his smile, is just contagious and enlightening and he just makes you happy. I venture to say that even non children people would think this child is amazing. I’ve honestly doubted whether I will love my own children as much as I do Emmett. (I’m sure I will, but THAT is the kind of love I have for this baby!)

So I might just straight up post series of photos of this amazing child, because he is a huge part of my world now. Don’t think I have had a baby, there will be a HUGE announcement before that happens, and yes we talk about it and yes we will get there someday, but not today. Today we will enjoy Emmett and the other littles around us!