59. My Fair Lady II

Yesterday we braved the rain to go to the Durham Fair (in CT, not NC). Bea had a chance to try out her very first rain coat.

At every fair we have attended this summer (quite a few) Bea has expressed a strong interest in THE RIDES. I always assumed she was too little, but this time we checked to see if she would be allowed on the Ferris wheel and she was (for $4!). She LOVED it. No fear of heights in this one.




Bea would also like to send a shout out to her Grandma Mary who is currently travelling in China. We look forward to seeing you in October!

58. Tomatoes

Grandpa Griff came with us to our super-fantastic CSA farm this week (http://www.forthillfarm.com/) so he could take some photos of the master tomato-picker at work. After she had her fill of tomatoes (she always wants to walk around with three of them in her hands) she settled down to play in/with the dirt. She treated it like water, patting her hands in it then rubbing them together as if she were washing them, finally patting her head as if she were working shampoo into a lather. We don't have photos of that.

57. Harvest

We have a potted tomato plant in our backyard. Every day Bea checks on the tomatoes and has a really hard time refraining from picking them. But the other day we finally had a tiny red tomato for her to pick. (She was hesitant to do so, since we are always telling her not to.) Here is a little movie of the big event.


What I really need to do is bring a camera to our CSA pickup. We go directly to the farm, and a portion of the share is "pick-your-own." The PYO crops have included lots and lots of cherry, grape, and plum tomatoes--HEAVEN for little Bea who tramps through the rows of veggies with a tomato in each hand.

On another note, Bea has always loved to play with our digital camera (and telephones, and remote controls--what is it with babies and hand-held electronics?). The other day we taught her how to press the button that takes the photos, and she was actually successful with a few shots. Well, I am not sure how "successful" the photographs themselves are, they might not make it into her catalogue raisonné. But here they are in all their "shoot from the hip" glory: