Happy Family

Unfortunately, Phoebe's head is a bit blurred due to her vigorously licking the side of Melody's face. I love how Melody buries her head in Phoebe's belly as she's being bathed by her much younger counterpart. They rarely do this in full view of me (or any other human, for that matter), but I happened to sneak up on them just long enough to capture their sweet ritual on film.

Note: I look forward to getting a new camera soon, thus vastly improving the quality of my photos! (Of course, this assumes that the flaws in my photos lie in the camera and not in me as a photographer, a notion which I realize invites some skepticism, so skepticize away!)

Oh, and I loved this anecdote from Bill Maher (courtesy of my friend Aviva):

"President Bush says he read 60 books [this year]. We did a little math here. Sixty books in eight months. That is a lot of reading. That's a lot of "free time reading." In which, if you're an average reader, which I will generously give President Bush – an average reader – it would take you at least two-and-a-half hours a day. Now, there are jobs in the world, and then there are big jobs. When you have a big job, you don't have time to read for two-and-a-half hours a day."