Mabel's MUNI Sketchbook

The bus ride to kindergarten was only a few minutes long, but Mabel usually found time for us to make quick, parallel pictures in a small calendar-notebook she would retrieve from my bag. We would hurry to finish drawing and writing before our stop came.  

Small Sparkling Instant Photo Prints with Mabel & Others

Ten Instant Photos, November 2015 through January 2016

My daughter has abandoned the five-year Polaroid project. Her hard-used Polaroid camera broke. Even dead stock Polaroid film has disappeared from the world and the new clone substitute lacks the essential  patina. She now has a new instant camera that issues crisp tiny vertical prints. And here – newest to oldest – are the first ten.

Valentine Making 2016 Part 1

Today was the annual Valentine-making and birthday-cake eating party, a splendid late-January festivity. Mabel worked hard and independently and made eleven Valentines. She tried out many ideas and produced beautiful results.

Mabel and Bridget, San Francisco, April 2012