This week’s photo is two in one. A double exposure of a branch of ivy growing along my kitchen wall, layered with an image of a growth chart left behind by the family who lived here before us, just behind our basement door.

I impulsively thrifted him from Jeffrey’s Antiques years ago, drawn to his mixture of adorable, awkward, and odd features:

Water moves quietly through our days, falling softly from the sky and filling the ordinary spaces of our homes.

In just two years, these books have witnessed countless story times and car rides. They have been handled constantly, and subjected to their fair share of teething.

This laundry basket is sitting in my bedroom, next to my dresser, clean and folded, basking in the sunlight.

It has been there for days.

Our record player has been getting a lot of use lately.