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The day and the week.
My birthday, a day that this year held a little bit of dread, came to pass. And, after Pumpkin spice scones with coffee for breakfast I was relieved to find that I was still here. And, because I don't...
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Making my day.
More sun shining in....but not melting any of the newly fallen snow...and the fact that King Winter saw fit to answer a certain birthday wish of mine.This girl and her patented process of making...
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Silence
There are not nearly enough opportunities in my week for me to experience well and true silence. I think this may be why I enjoy a good snowfall. The snow acts as a kind of dimmer switch, and dulls all...
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Sunday March 4, 2012
Today, with the sound of guitar swirling around the house, all my thoughts are brought home.To this man, and our life and our family and the promise of spring.
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Time
As is the case with many, weekends in my world are a blur. Occasionally we find ourselves with some free time on our hands....for me, this weekend held enough free minutes to allow for the completion...
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Note to self
Right before getting into bed is perhaps not the best time to start wrestling the duvet back into it's clean cover!
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Some days are like that
Yes, yesterday was one of those days. No reason to believe that it would be different from any others.Until the witching hour of midnight anyway...when a fever took hold of the littlest one...making...
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Coming out
Slowly but surely we are emerging from the cloud of sick that has taken hold of our house (there is a strong knocking on wood as I put this out there). The toadstool family is spending more and more...
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Beachcombing
We've been heading to the beach the past couple of weeks. Lessons are being learned about erosion....supplies are being found in the form of beach glass and driftwood. I am reminded how soothing the...
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A tree
This is one of my favorite trees in our neighborhood. It is a corkscrew willow and it grows in the sand at our local beach. I like to imagine it and other members of its family growing alongside...
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For the moment
Celebrating a weekend of laundry drying on the line, yards worked and sun in the kitchen.Hope yours was a good one.
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Pants
Sometimes the universe speaks to me loud and clear. In retrospect, the messages were cryptic and gentle in the beginning. Like my sister-in-law getting set to sew up some pants for her littlest based...
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Rituals
It's these little rituals that I love most about my life. The hope that springs eternal with the coming of warmer days. The planting of too many seeds for our impossibly small garden. The cycle that is...
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A breath
Finding myself with a sizeable amount of uninterrupted alone time, the list writing began in earnest.And then a breath. Followed by lots of sewing, reading and whatever.For the first time ever I think,...
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A Monday Giveaway
Many thanks to Julie over at This Cosy Life for organizing a nice intro to the week in the form of Meltdown Mondays. Hop on over for a chance to win this Mama and baby sheep....handsewn by me.
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For what it's worth
Isn't it funny and reassuring that the course of a day can be brought back on the rails by some seemingly negligible event?My day was brought back in line many thanks to Old Crow Medicine...
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The education of me
"It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are." *Wendell BerryFor a few years now I have been hearing and reading about Kale chips and how awesome they were. And I was skeptical -...
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I am feeling the pull to all things outdoors....I have found a way to make our tiny garden bigger. In a few weeks, our useless driveway will be ripped up, and raised beds laid in it's place. "Bloom...
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On admitting defeat
I know, I am supposed to be gone from this space. But, wow, I am having a hard time figuring out the new one. I just can't seem to get it to do what I want. So, here I am....still, and a little...
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Who said?
This coming from a sentimental mama tonite....Who said that these lovelies could grow up so quickly, and right under this mama's nose?I remember all three of them so clearly. As if it was yesterday...
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Change
Hi there.It's me again. There has been a change of plan. Wordpress was not working for me....I was baffled and frustrated. So, I turned to TypePad. And while I am still a wee bit baffled I am not...
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