tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post1852048921052951577..comments2024-03-28T09:10:39.441-04:00Comments on ben and birdy: Mid-winter PursuitsBenBirdy1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-6426293200808088482013-02-18T15:38:45.137-05:002013-02-18T15:38:45.137-05:00We just finished Mardi Gras here in New Orleans, a...We just finished Mardi Gras here in New Orleans, and the weather was pretty good until the last couple of days. 50s at night & 60s during the day. I am trying to read the books that Catherine suggests; I've read the Snow Child, Good to a fault & have just started The Grief of others. They've all been excellent - only I'm having to read them in private as they've all made me cry! Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-52897852879998627592013-02-15T13:25:05.834-05:002013-02-15T13:25:05.834-05:00Up here in Saskatchewan, we've had snow on the...Up here in Saskatchewan, we've had snow on the ground for 4 months - but it keeps accumulating and it's feeling a bit like the Long Winter - digging paths if not exactly tunnels out to the chicken house. Loving carnitas these days - actually cooked two roasts on Monday and so haven't really cooked anything else all week. Thanks for the Unbored book rec, the kids are getting into stopmotion animation too.Kaylanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-86518482079638382302013-02-14T16:56:38.701-05:002013-02-14T16:56:38.701-05:00: ): )BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-11536084042858937262013-02-14T16:56:21.734-05:002013-02-14T16:56:21.734-05:00you poor, freezing things! you poor, freezing things! BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-15294051601141994552013-02-14T16:56:02.935-05:002013-02-14T16:56:02.935-05:00Hi. Ben is using a regular digital camera, on a tr...Hi. Ben is using a regular digital camera, on a tripod, with the imovie program that came installed on our mac as part of the ilife package. but i think there are similar apps you can use? i am not sure!BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-4463867411651048422013-02-14T16:54:55.581-05:002013-02-14T16:54:55.581-05:00thank you, shannon!thank you, shannon!BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-4825408814969911492013-02-14T16:54:39.499-05:002013-02-14T16:54:39.499-05:00Ami, thank you. He's actually a Siberian.Ami, thank you. He's actually a Siberian.BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-25493905645481904602013-02-14T16:54:01.801-05:002013-02-14T16:54:01.801-05:00that's the part that makes me laugh too. xothat's the part that makes me laugh too. xoBenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-73769363761799194262013-02-14T16:53:49.447-05:002013-02-14T16:53:49.447-05:00yes, hannah! good eye! those are jenga blocks.yes, hannah! good eye! those are jenga blocks.BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-31269679409950857632013-02-14T16:53:09.372-05:002013-02-14T16:53:09.372-05:00Okay! I just got it from the library today. Thanks...Okay! I just got it from the library today. Thanks for the rec!BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-72878976381198233992013-02-14T16:51:37.025-05:002013-02-14T16:51:37.025-05:00mb, he's talking regular stills on a digital c...mb, he's talking regular stills on a digital camera (on a tripod) and then uploading them to imovie on the mac. but i think there are apps that do something similar. . . BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-65431548932468140242013-02-14T16:50:57.313-05:002013-02-14T16:50:57.313-05:00Sounds more fun than trying! : )Sounds more fun than trying! : )BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-69546356464527872712013-02-14T16:50:30.322-05:002013-02-14T16:50:30.322-05:00Oh, wasn't it just heavenly? I know.Oh, wasn't it just heavenly? I know.BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-46448664242388080712013-02-14T16:50:00.529-05:002013-02-14T16:50:00.529-05:00: ): )BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-86141642263242300722013-02-14T16:49:29.886-05:002013-02-14T16:49:29.886-05:00thank you!thank you!BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-44988507745387334742013-02-14T16:49:02.832-05:002013-02-14T16:49:02.832-05:00Plonsters! We will look for it. . . Plonsters! We will look for it. . . BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-79659485203580497592013-02-14T16:48:43.634-05:002013-02-14T16:48:43.634-05:00lovely. . .lovely. . .BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-69976734665411987302013-02-14T16:48:13.702-05:002013-02-14T16:48:13.702-05:00how do you knit a plastic bag, francine? tell me!how do you knit a plastic bag, francine? tell me!BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-65629687633785870312013-02-14T16:47:43.042-05:002013-02-14T16:47:43.042-05:00Oooh! Nova Scotia! I can only imagine. Good luck w...Oooh! Nova Scotia! I can only imagine. Good luck with the shoveling! xoBenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-91472180450024820872013-02-14T16:47:11.860-05:002013-02-14T16:47:11.860-05:00Oh, you know I hear that, Rebecca!Oh, you know I hear that, Rebecca!BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-73840170839126998332013-02-13T22:30:03.482-05:002013-02-13T22:30:03.482-05:00Please, please, please keep giving us book recomme...Please, please, please keep giving us book recommendations! I have read The Orchardist and Snow Child and LOVED them both. I'm on to Room, and maybe Schroder, too! Love your taste in books...keep 'em coming! (and maybe WRITE some more, too!!)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720426938011606536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-49287522771560117262013-02-13T18:06:43.663-05:002013-02-13T18:06:43.663-05:00I live in Petaluma, CA. It is almost 70 today and ...I live in Petaluma, CA. It is almost 70 today and supposed to hit 75 tomorrow. I am a winter person and would really like more rain and cold and dark, please! This weather is fairly typical for our area though. We will probably have some more winter after all the growing things have been tricked into thinking it's spring.<br />Can't wait for the blanket tutorial!Danabeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-23909482092236675742013-02-13T17:23:07.110-05:002013-02-13T17:23:07.110-05:00Los Angeles is a FREEZING 66 - everyone telling of...Los Angeles is a FREEZING 66 - everyone telling of the horrors of finding frost on windshields this morning and hunkering down in UGG boots and hoodies - fully zipped! Heads are shaking in disbelief that it is STILL COLD! It is almost Valentine's Day for Christ's sake! --- and I am only half kidding, this is actually a pretty accurate description of our thin blooded reaction to the chill.<br /><br />I am also nagging about making the valentines...that is a bi-coastal phenomenon. Erin K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-23216101874472191952013-02-12T21:44:50.623-05:002013-02-12T21:44:50.623-05:00For Ben-
My 7 year old son is working on a stop a...For Ben-<br /><br />My 7 year old son is working on a stop action video for a school project. He has no experience, but a dad that is willing to help. Any advice?Amy Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103236136431344889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-7161000214404771582013-02-12T19:25:35.256-05:002013-02-12T19:25:35.256-05:00It's really the whistling in states a-poppin&#...It's really the whistling in states a-poppin' that kills me. Maybe the fact that I watched it TWICE and laughed SO HARD means I should go home? Ben rocks!Laura T.http://www.reaganarthurbooks.comnoreply@blogger.com