Gigantic Download of Reid-Related Photography

For the first time since he was born, K and I will together be apart from Reid for longer than 36 hours. In February, we spent a whirlwind day and a half visiting the Gates in New York City. In May 2004, we celebrated our anniversary with a similarly short trip to a resort in Virginia.

We're going to Italy for a week.

I'll say that again, because even I don't believe it. We're going to Italy for a week, and Reid is staying in the United States.

It's going to be pretty hard to leave Reid behind, but we're focusing on something we haven't had in a long time: sleep.

But there's still a lot to miss.

This first trio features abstract art by Reid. The first is Untitled, blueberry pancake on hands, 2005. The other pair is an installation piece called Inexplicable Stacked Toys. Seriously, Reid one day was in the living room, quiet, carefully placing these Sesame Street stamps on top of the other toys from his collection. He was talking nonsense as he did it, 'bladeblah, froop y Cookie Monster.' He carefully stacked a half dozen Sesame Street stamps on other various characters, Woody from Toy Story, Fisher Price Little People, et cetera.





This next series was shot in Sag Harbor, New York. Reid, Katrena and I had a wonderful weekend visit to a beach house there with our friends Debbie and Ken. Through what I can only call providence, Reid managed to avoid destroying anything in this beautiful but un-baby-proofed house. In fact, the biggest imact Reid had on the place was the hours of good times he had on Ken's perfectly maintained lawn. (By contrast, our backyard looks like something between a vacant lot and a shut-in's house.)

Check out this view.



Katrena and Reid had an opportunity to tramp down the grass by playing an old-fashioned game of ring around the rosie. Reid frequently audited Katrena's 'all fall down' method, compelling her to redo the falling portion of the circle.







Reid had a wonderful time, setting sail on the gentle waves of Sag Harbor on his dragon-cruiser.