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goodgood's WinterHue in Boston Globe

Congrats to my brother for the write up in the Boston Globe yesterday:

"Hypnotic, too, is “WinterHue,’’ a project by the artist duo of Ben Gaydos and Karen Stein, known as goodgood, and Colin Owens of Owens Design. The understated banner of softly glowing lights made up of 36 LED light modules in a stack of windows at the corner of 368 Congress St. segues through a rainbow of colors. It would be easy to miss if you weren’t looking for it, but there’s an appeal to its meditative rhythm and tones."

via Illuminating the winter nights, Boston Globe

Thanksgiving in Midland

Moving those little legs...

Time flies when...

I'm not quite sure what happened to January. Ferris Bueller was right on the money when he said,

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Luckily, the begining of January was rather relaxed. Take a look at some of the photos from our trip to Tamarindo, Costa Rica for proof.

Finally relaxing

We're finally settled in at the vacation home in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. The weather is excellent: a few clouds in the sky, but is very comfortable in the mid eighties.

The photo above is of the pool and terrace in the backyard and the house is very slick - large screened doors open to the pool and surrounding land.

Video of Pleo Hatching

On Wednesday, our friends, Anne and Marty, came over. Anne brought her un-opened Pleo that had just arrived.

Well... I'm amazed. It's pretty darn impressive - a small machine / computer that fools you into treating it like a pet cat. We couldn't get enough petting and scratching in!

I've posted the video on youtube. Be sure to watch for our 7 month old's reactions.

A Christmas Tree Lighting

I just finished uploading a few pictures of this year's Christmas tree to Flickr.

This was the first year in a while that we've taken the time to put up a tree. This year's is particularly straight and the first we've put in our new place. We love the blue-white glow from the LEDs. It's strange how having a child can make the season new again.

In a few days, I'll probably get around to posting pictures from Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Hart's. Grandpa Hart has an aging Christmas Tree farm and although many are much larger than we could fit in our living room, there is something special about tromping through the snow to find the perfect one.

us all; everyone.

It turned out the intestinal virus held no favorites in our family. Monday night, it hit me hard without much warning.

Not fun.

We all seem to be doing much better now - it lasted about 24 hours.

Our little girl doesn't seem to get much reprieve. We think she's teething. She's normally super perky and up beat, but is just worn out, tired and generally pretty uncomfortable.

I hope it lasts just a few days.

The Virii Strikes Twice

Sunday afternoon, the stomach virus struck... First my daughter empties her stomach in the middle of Costco. Then after arriving home it hit again. To top things off, my wife got sick a few hours after.

Although they are both home from school, they are troopers and certainly hanging in there.

I just hope the virus only strikes twice.

See Her in the Cedar

Ahnika's Christmas Card Shots
Originally uploaded by thynkyr

This is one of the outakes from little "photoshoot" we did last weekend.

It seems the two secrets to get kids to smile are:

1. Have someone else do something really funny.
2. Take as many pictures as possible.