Posted in Our home, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jul 5th, 2009
Little Hen and I picking wildflowers in the yard,
and cutting out new paperdolls from Grandma,
while the little ones take a nice long nap.
I think that makes for a pretty good Sunday afternoon.
Posted in Changing Seasons, Crafting, Learning, Nature Table, Our home, Outings, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 31st, 2009
While not technically summer, the very warm, sunny weather of late has been pointing us in that direction. The girls and I have cleared away the spring table and begun to gather items for our summer table. It’s just beginning to take shape – rocks from a nature hike, sweet alyssum from the yard, beeswax [...]
Posted in Our home, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 11th, 2009
Ever since I was a girl, and our neighbors in San Antonio grew lemons in their backyard, I have wanted a lemon tree of my own. But of course, in the Pacific Northwest, planting a citrus grove in your backyard is not realistic.
Our new home has a large L-shaped bank of windows in the front [...]
Posted in Moderation and Economy, Our home, Outings on May 5th, 2009
First off, an apology on this Wordpress Theme – it’s having issues, I don’t like it, and will probably be changing it soon. I’m in the middle of trying to work up a custom header, as well (that’s tougher than I realized!) so things maybe a bit wonky for a few days.
Okay, on to the [...]
Posted in Our home on Apr 29th, 2009
The breakfast nook is finished! A few late nights after the girls were asleep, with Tum Tum on my back, and we now have a place to eat our oatmeal and take tea in the afternoon.
The walls are Behr’s Butter Cookie in Sateen finish.
The trim, beadboard and cabinest took 4 coats of white semigloss.
Now to [...]
Posted in Our home, Playing/ Free Exploration on Apr 27th, 2009
Life is crazy right now, but I am trying to enjoy the peaceful moments where I can find them. We are in our new house, and have been fighting off a family-wide chest cold for the past week. Everything is still a complete mess – half-unpacked boxes everywhere, still in the midst of painting the [...]