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ideas about local farming that digress into a series of baa-baas

during dinner a few weeks ago, nicolas had a brilliant idea: let's grow our own food so we don't have to go to the store all the time. he started rattling off all the different kinds of trees we should plant so i grabbed the camera as fast as possible, and then a common theme emerged and dominated most of the rest of our conversation. can you guess what it was?:

rollercoaster lamb

baaing on the rollercoaster from Jeremy Cooker on Vimeo . rollercoaster baaing

you call it an ironing board . . .

he calls it a griddle (with wheels): portable griddle from Jeremy Cooker on Vimeo .

vieux to do

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last month we took a short drive down to the French Quarter for Vieux to Do - 3 Festivals in one weekend: the Creole Tomato Fest, Louisiana Seafood Fest, and the Cajun and Zydeco Fest. It was warm, but we still enjoyed some great food: and music: . we even did a little dancing (and zoning out): as we were leaving we stopped in one of my favorite shops from about 15 years ago when i used to live in the quarter - Kruz. they used to have an amazing drum collection - it's dwindled down to a couple shelves now, but that was enough for Nicolas: i'm known as the daddy who always says "no" when we're in stores, but we couldn't resist this time, and ended up leaving with this great little talking drum. he played it the entire way home, including the walk back to the car. like as soon as we stepped out of the store: and then headed up decatur street: and in the car up esplanade: forgive the lyrics - he's obsessed with hurricanes these days.

summer gardening

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nothing like a little summer gardening after school: especially when there's a hose and galoshes involved:

nicolas soaking up some rays

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nicolas soaking up some rays , originally uploaded by nolafilm . nicolas spent this morning at the pool with mary today. he didn't swim much, but had a great time.

summer days

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. Happy Summer and 4th of July everyone!

meet emma

Our dear friend Hazell made this special new friend for Nicolas. Needless to say, he loves it: emma from Jeremy Cooker on Vimeo .