Jan. 08 2012

had family over on jan. 2, 2012.

Dec. 26 2011

Christmas 2011

ratcliffe-lee:

tried using storify as a place to gather all the media our family created around the holiday.

also updated the fam. blog theme.

Dec. 24 2011

kratlee:

we’re all in philly about to see the dark-haired blob in the back dance the nutcracker. he’ll be a parent in the party scene, the mouse king, and part of hot chocolate.

parents w/ cell phone cameras, vol. 1.

Dec. 21 2011

kratlee:

latimes:

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms are rooted in simpler times: The nostalgic appeal of sawing a tree in the woods lives on, but modern economic pressures are taking a toll on growers.

Photo: Ron Ballauf grows Christmas trees at Rose Acre Tree Farm in Felton, Calif. Credit: Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel

i spent sunday evening building my grandmother’s artificial christmas tree, a $30 metal and plastic “fir” from kmart. that would be a rather normal sentence if it weren’t for the fact that my grandmother owns a christmas tree farm in new york.

“This business does not pass easily from one generation to another. You have to have it in your blood.”

this made me sad.

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 17 2011

kratlee:

alex, this is what it looked like when we all called you. there might also be a five-minute voicemail…

mad love to to the kid.

Nov. 25 2011

kratlee:

ratcliffe-lee:

ratcliffe-lee siblings at basin harbor club, 2011 edish. (previously.)

in case you were wondering what was on the other side of this photo. i do my best to bring the derp to the family shots.

al & the laughtones.

Nov. 24 2011

thanksgiving 2011.

had fun making this.  will try to do it every year from now on.

finally got my act together w/ columbus day wknd photos as well.

also, come at me movember.

Aug. 27 2011

(via NOAA GOES East DATA - EASTERN US IR)

e-mail from my mom:

What kind of time does the US government use?

Give up? It is Zulu time! No joke.

Went on NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere) website to get official hurricane info. Noted the time stamp on the satellite photo did not seem to correlate with EDT or GMT and was followed by a Z. Turns out the Z stands for Zulu time and there is a conversion chart to see what Zulu time is in your time. The conversion is really weird not a simple subtract 4 hours from Zulu time to get EDT. Take a look at the chart http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/zulu-utc.html. Here is the satellite image, the top is stamped with the month, day, year and the Zulu time followed by a Z. http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR4.html
Love,
Mama

Apr. 10 2011

droppin' knowledge.

  • betsy: charlie almost got away today.
  • pop: what happened?
  • betsy: he was loose and he doesn't listen to me.
  • john: probably because he doesn't understand you.
  • betsy: yeah maybe i should try spanish.
  • john: or maybe because he's a dog.

Apr. 09 2011

kratlee:

charlie is not having any of this canoe bullshit.

charles!