Nora in her space helmet

She's the mail lady and she delivers mail to the other planets too.

Autumn forest hike

Beautiful crisp, damp fall weather. Who would've expected that in Africa?

Teaching Nora the important skill of the selfie

Karoo sunset

Don't let anybody ever say that Ivan can't fill Nora's shoes

...or rock a sparkly head band

Just another winey afternoon

Cutting-edge artistes at work

RIP Zeus

after nearly a year at the most exclusive, comfortable, grassy and massage-y retirement resort New England has to offer, lord and master Zeus has taken the big sleep. over his 14 years, we had some most excellent adventures, and then he turned out to be a surprisingly great family dog. from the florida keys, to mexico, to alaska, he chewed a lot of sticks (sometimes rocks) and sniffed a lot of sniffs. he will be missed.

 we cannot thank mormor enough for everything she did for him over the last 9 months... 

Sonora at Kirstenbosch

India

Dadu just had his first trip to India. 5 days in an international hotel in Bangalore giving a course to 33 local wind engineers. Fun to play teacher, meet some new people and eat amazing food. Less fun to be in a hotel for 5 days in a place with so much to explore. Lots of people and traffic, but hopefully the family gets back someday to explore a bit.

Ivan at Kirstenbosch

Definitions by Nora

Aquarium (pronounced: equitarial): something that keeps fish and sharks away so they don't bother me while I'm drawing

Painting by Nora

It's the four of us: her in pink and little Ivan in blue.

Off-season in rocklands with Uncle A