BenSpark Family Adventures

  I received a free digital copy of Pixels of You, a Graphic novel out now from Amulet Books so that I could read and review. Pixels of You was an interesting read. It explores the ideas of AI and personality, belonging and struggle. The story is of two characters, Indira and Fawn. Indira is a photographer and she is interning for a woman named Paloma who owns an art gallery called Decade. Indira has an art installation going on when she meets the new intern, Fawn. There is tension instantly between the two as Fawn expresses how much she dislikes the photos all the while not realizing that it is Indira who took them. Those awkward moments lead to the two girls being forced to work together on a new photography show. Along the way we learn why Indira dislikes Fawn and we also learn the difficulties that Fawn has as well. This was certainly a complex and moving work. I liked all of the interesting themes throughout and discovering along with the characters the secrets that each one w...

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01154 One of my favorite Transformers figures was a Blue Corvette named Tracks. He showed up in the later episodes and was very concerned about his paint job. Tracks could also fly. Not many Autobots could fly but he had these fold out wings and he could fly. The one thing that I had not noticed nor remembered from my childhood was that his face was red. This is very apparent with the Funko Pop figure that I ordered from Toy Tokyo. I was surprised that I could get it and for a decent price. There is one Transformers Funko Pop out there that I was not lucky enough to get my hands on. It is of Jetfire and was an exclusive that ran up to a crazy high price. Maybe someday I’ll get my hands on it.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01153 Eva had her friend Bailey come over for the afternoon. They spent the day doing some rather creative projects. One of those was Cosplay where they did makeup and costumes of their favorite Minecraft Youtubers personas. Then they did a collaborative Painting. they made two paintings and what they did was each paint for a set amount of time and then switch canvases. They did this a few times until the paintings were finished. This is the painting that Eva kept and Bailey has the other one. When we picked up Bailey her mom and dad came out and gave us a flower arrangement and the makings of a charcuterie board. That was very thoughtful of them.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01152 We came home from the Cape today and because it was still school vacation week and we didn’t go on a vacation we decided to have dinner at Mac and Walt’s. We started off with our family favorite of Fried Pickles and then Andy had Mac and Cheese while Eva and I had Bacon Cheeseburger and Allison had a burger called The Walt. That one has fried pickles on it and is very good. It was a nice meal for the second to last day of vacation. Everyone enjoyed it very much. When we got home Andy wanted to play some games so we placed Klask together and then Allison went out and Andy and I played some Super Smash Brothers.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01151 These are some of the roses that were on the flower arrangement on Grandpa Rick’s Casket. We had the burial ceremony today at the National Cometary in Bourne. Grandpa Rick was buried with military honors. There was an honor guard there who folded up the flag that was on the casket and gave it to my Mom, Uncle and Aunt. It was snowing and sleeting all over the place but luckily the outdoor shelter kept us dry. My mother spoke at the burial and read some scripture. Uncle Jim placed his phone out with Grandpa Singing My Way. Grandpa Rick was a singer in his later years. He ran a karaoke business and sang so many songs. My Way was one of his favorites and that was used many times over the past few days. because of the snow and sleet we stayed overnight. This gave us some time to visit with Mom and Dad and Uncle Jim. We watched a movie together and had Paul’s Pizza for dinner. It was nice to stay and relax.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01150 Today was Grandpa Rick’s Funeral. We drove down to the Cape in the morning, got changed at the house and then headed over to the church. the ceremony was a very nice wone. My mother and my uncle spoke about Grandpa’s life. The priest was excellent and it was a nice tribute to Grandpa Rick. After the funeral we went to the Coonamessett for a reception. The kids were quite well behaved there. Eva joked that she as dressed as one of the wait staff and should be filling everyone’s waters. We enjoyed a nice meal and shared stories about Grandpa Rick.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01149 I took Andy to get his hair cut today. We had to get him presentable for Grandpa Rick’s wake and funeral. While we were at the barber shop they showed us this razor that was my Great-Uncle’s and it may have actually been older than that. This barber shop displays a bunch of antique barber shop related items and it is a perfect place for this to live. They did not open it up so that we could see what the actual razor looked like but it is very cool and shiny. I just noticed that there was a little brush in with it as well. I’ll have to ask to see it closer the next time Andy has a haircut.