Happy Birthday to Katie!

Here are a few highlights from the last decade and a half!

We are so lucky to know this amazing and wonderful woman!

Wai Gon's Tai Ji Routine

Today's Art

The Fall of the Great White Pine on Barville Pond

Be sure to watch this at 1080p.



Barville Cove will not be the same for a very long time.

More of Barville, 2015

A Tour of Blueberry Island


Slow waves.

More from Nantucket

a bike ride.


a beach day.


a farewell.

Barville June.

The big news in 2015 is that the big white pine tree fell down. It started with a big split: 

Thursday afternoon the creaking and cracking got louder and more frequent until the tree came down in one gigantic crash right after lunch. Naturally, the first thing we did was walk out on it…

The sap dripped into the water and made the most beautiful oily shapes.

Here it is, the new defining feature of the Barville Cove:

On Wednesday it rained hard all day long. Liam and read and Topher and I journeyed around the perimeter of the pond in a makeshift pirate ship. T'were a right proper adventure!

Bright morning light is a defining feature of Parville sleep.

There is never enough time here.

Nantucket with Tine and Topher

A last tai chi lesson

Our neighbors grandparents Wai Po and Wai Gon are returning to China next week. Wai Gon has been teaching Liam to practice tai chi. Last night Liam received one final lesson before we left.

This time he added five new steps, so that they could go all the way through the full 15 steps.

Liam is always eager to practice tai chi. He is also designing his own martial art form called Chin-adiu. 

Wai Gon is equally eager to teach Liam, too. It's a wonderful combination to watch. On this last night of practice, the two of them kept at it until I came to get Liam because it was dark at 9 PM!

On to pedals!

Guess who is riding a bike? We'll give you two clues. It is either Penzi:

Or Reid:

So exciting!

General Reid Awesomeness