Hybrid vigour

Also called Heterozygote Advantage, is of course the scientific notion that plants/animals/humans from opposing genetic backgrounds,combined create a much stronger, healthier resilient species.

When I look at baby M I cant help but see all the races of people that flow together to create this little being.

From the straight black hair and dark almond shaped eyes of his Guaymi indian grandmother, to the roundness of his lips and nose from his afro-carribbean grandfather, to the traces of italian, russian and Jewish,

 he is, as my sister says "simply exotic"

We call him the little indian around here, 

and we love him to death.

Someday he might really resent me for that haircut, but for now he looks like a native little Lord Fauntleroy and I love it.

Happy Wednesday

Shades of grey

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The Legend of Zion

Zi was quiet and busy over the weekend,and when I overheard him asking his dad to help him build a sword, I was relieved to hear him agree. They shaved and cut one wood piece for a long time, I came downstairs to check on them and saw Z had sketched out a sword prototype, along with the creation of "The legend of Zion!" it was so very sweet, my big/little 10 year old, still lost in the world of play and imagination.

I asked him if I could snap some pics of him and his new (and very long) sword

This kid loves archery, swords, knights, narnia,  and adventure.

I am so glad that for now its not nintendo, superman and ipads.

Happy monday

Rainbows

With this years opening of my Etsy store I find that I have less and less time for playing with art with the children, when I have a spare minute I am working on orders, or prototypes, or online tweaking things, and I dont like it.

Monday was a holiday, and sunny and warm, that means the sunroom was once again a hospitable place for art making, the kids wanted to make rainbows, so we cut up some cardboard 

M woke from his nap, I couldn't resist snapping photos of his little concentrated face

By the time we hung them up it was getting towards evening, and the light was waning

And I felt happy once again to have made art with them

Happy wednesday