Yes, I have been really, really slow to get things going on the blog this year—late to post, with minimal writing and sparse photography—but that's how life has gotten going this year. Forget a picture a day, Calvin and I had a goal of four pictures per week, then I blinked, and January was gone. For week one in February I have a thrilling shot of fruit face, some folded clothes (yes, we're still doing laundry), and a birthday timepiece. But there was also a family game night at the local tasting room and a fun mock up of the Ottoman Turks camping outside the Austrian Empire. Plus, what are we reading this week? Rudyard Kipling.