Picking Grapes
Two-year-old Abigail Tripp looks through the mass of leaves under the arbor.
She eyes her target.
Reaching out with one hand, she reaches into the tangle of vines and grabs.
Abigail’s fingers close around a single grape, plucking it from the bunch still attached to the vine.
Her face afire with excitement, she plops her prize into her [...]
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Picking Grapes
Two-year-old Abigail Tripp looks through the mass of leaves under the arbor.
She eyes her target.
Reaching out with one hand, she reaches into the tangle of vines and grabs.
Abigail’s fingers close around a single grape, plucking it from the bunch still attached to the vine.
Her face afire with excitement, she plops her prize into her [...]
Why oh why do I find myself living a turned upside down life? … Why has my world been altered and changed?
My mother no longer lives by my schedule and this worries me greatly. The treats are no longer when I want them and the small two-legged seems to be squeezing in on my turf.
Tell [...]
This evening as Lee climbed the ladder to pick cherries, I found myself looking for something that would occupy Abi’s attention and keep her from climbing the two ladders we had under the cherry tree.
Then it hit me … Would she be willing to pick blackberries with me?
Grabbing her green bucket, I brought her over [...]
Picking Grapes
Two-year-old Abigail Tripp looks through the mass of leaves under the arbor.
She eyes her target.
Reaching out with one hand, she reaches into the tangle of vines and grabs.
Abigail’s fingers close around a single grape, plucking it from the bunch still attached to the vine.
Her face afire with excitement, she plops her prize into her [...]
The Tripp family joined the Thomas and Jarrett families for a day at Smith Mountain Lake on Friday, August 7, 2009. (Photos by Mike Tripp)
Lee holds up Abi so she can touch the black bear on display at National Night Out held at Staunton Mall on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp)
Abi Tripp receives a bit of help from her mother, Lee Tripp, as she wants her balloon while at the Rockbridge County Fair on Saturday, July 18, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp/The Photo Columnist.com)
Abi Tripp is styling with a pair of her mom’s old sunglasses on Sunday, July 5, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp)
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On the first Sunday in July, Abi decided it was time to style, profile and play just like her mother.
So it was that she began the day by playing with her mother’s weebles set, followed [...]
Abi gives her new sandbox a whirl on Thursday, July 2, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp)
Abi has a conversation with the ducks at Gypsy Hill Park’s duck pond.
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After gathering information for Waymarks at the train station, Abi and I went to the park where she enjoyed swinging and feeding the ducks.
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Abi decides to take up goose herding while at Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro.
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Abi and I ventured out to Waynesboro to the park for a little Waymarking. Happened on a turtle laying eggs while there as well as had fun when Abi decided to herd geese.
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This evening as Lee climbed the ladder to pick cherries, I found myself looking for something that would occupy Abi’s attention and keep her from climbing the two ladders we had under the cherry tree.
Then it hit me … Would she be willing to pick blackberries with me?
Grabbing her green bucket, I brought her over [...]
