The Binker Files: Late Spring

Photo Albums

Quotes

Actual happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand. - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Education
"Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the stars and the mountains above. Let them look at the waters and the trees and flowers on Earth. Then they will begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education." -David Polis
"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it... but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one becomes to feeling ill... Thus if one just keeps walking, everything will be all right." -Soren Kierckgaard
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. - Albert Camus
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. Annie Dillard

June 02, 2012

Late Spring

Arlo walks everywhere now and wants to do everything his big brothers do, like wear costumes.

We recently spent an afternoon on a whale watch, Levi wouldn't leave the pier until we paid $10 for this picture:

We didn't get any good pictures of sea creatures, we saw pelagic birds (northern gannet, shearwater & storm petrels), fin and minke whales and several basking sharks, but Mark got a couple good shots of Si & Levi.

Silas gets a lot of attention when he ventures out in the coonskin cap.

Now that Arlo is all grown-up, he won't tolerate a bowl of beans and cheese, he needs it wrapped in a tortilla, here he is eating his first burrito ever:

Oak Street Studios, where Silas & Levi take art classes, was open for the First Friday Art Walk last night, here is Silas with some of his latest creations (his self-portrait is just to his right):