Miser Family update: family footage edition

Life continues to be footloose and fancy free in the Miser Family household.   And just to share with you a bit of the family footage, I include the fun foto collage of the week!

In the top row, we have feet at work and play:

• I-daughter: These are not my feet. This is a non-representative sample of the feet at a rally/march on Wednesday
• N-son:  Resting up from a job hanging doors for a shipping transfer station
• L1: Sneakers at the lake. Just finished working out with these views
• Guinness got all feet in the air. He likes to use his feet as catapults

In the second row, we get to bare feet, starting off with bear feet, and wind up with stocking-feet:

• L1: We also went to a wild refuge today where the bears wouldn't always keep four paws on the floor
• K-daughter: B-child and I usually chill like this because she enjoys sleeping on my lap.
• L2:  Last time before my toes go into hibernation
• I-daughter: These are all the socks I've finished this year (minus the 2 pairs I already gave away)
  [a proud mother comments: this week was really tricky for I-daughter. She told me she couldn't decide: show the socks she's currently working on? The socks she made this year? All the socks she's ever made and hung onto? Should she arrange the socks in the shape of a giant sock? This photo was not an easy decision for her!]
• And finally, my husband and I are having socks.

And in the final row, we trot out our finest and fanciest:

• My sister-in-law:  These are the fanciest shoes I own in Las Vegas (L) and my New Hampshire fancies (R).
• K-daughter: A-child's feetsies!
• Y: This pic is the only use I've gotten out of these shoes because I am walking around the hospital, going hiking on weekends, and playing piano.

I-daughter really grooved to the foot theme.  She writes:

Story time: every once in a while things happen which make me happy that my feet are my main mode of transportation (and I don't need to take care of a needy/expensive vehicle). Notable example: when we had 4 feet of snow and all the cars were stuck.

More recently: twice this week a driver hit the cars parked on my block. No injuries that I know of, but lots of loud noise and damaged vehicles, 

I'm sorry for the people who have to take care of their cars now. My feet are fine 👍, 

What else is happening?  We're very much enjoying the fabulous weather that has been coming our way.  I've harvested three cucumbers (if you can call them that) from my "garden", which is really dirt in a bunch of empty paint cans, sitting on my rather shady porch.

Jealous, anyone?  

I'm also starting to get into the groove of teaching students who are on the other side of the world from me.  At least, I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.  This week they'll have their first midterm, and I know that'll be an interesting feedback loop for all of us.  

My guy went to the Philadelphia rally in memory of/in protest of the death of Jacob Blake.  He said it was one of the most organized, carefully put-together rallies he's seen.  He's also ridden his bike across even more New York City bridges.  Activism, and active leisure.  

And that's the low-down from our family, which continues to put our best foot forward in our adventures.  May you and yours be similarly grounded.