Posted in Contemplation, Garden, Outdoors, Signs of the Season on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After days of warmer temperatures, this morning we awoke to a cold, clear day with a hard frost on the ground. We’ve had frost already, but without the protective cover of the leaves on the trees, it ws far spred in our yard this morning. The cold makes for a happy, happy dog!
While Jasper [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Family and friends, Outdoors, Signs of the Season on November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It was absolutely amazing weather in upstate NY this past weekend. Laundry was flapping in the breeze on the line, the sun was shining, and we took to the woods. On Saturday we headed out to one of our favorite walking places, Big Field, only to find it quite crowded. It seems many of us [...]
Posted in Contemplation on November 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Twelve years of new days, of changes big and small. Twelve years of finding a new way.
This morning I watched the glow of the new day fill our home and gazed at the rising sun with my boy. We found delight in it together. When bringing in more wood I found this little sign [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Signs of the Season on October 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been going on field trips to this farm with my kids since L3 was three years old. This might be the last year of them. I’ve followed their classes as they run through the maze, learn about how pumpkins grow and deer don’t learn that they don’t like pumpkins, pick out their [...]
Posted in Community, Contemplation, Family and friends, My Bliss on October 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We took a whirlwind trip to NH this past weekend, and the gathered feet (minus the children, whose can’t keep still) looked like this:
The last time they were together, the weather allowed for this:
Instead of playing badminton in the sun, toasting marshmallows by the fire and having “refreshing” drinks in the heat of the afternoon, [...]
Posted in Community, Contemplation, Environment on October 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So said Dr. Eric Post in an interview for NPR’s “Science Friday” in September of 2009 (and I thought it worked for Blog Action Day 2009). I was listening to this as I drove home from work. Not only did I find his research fascinating (you can find the interview here), but his [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Crafts, Environment on October 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In August I began another quilt, this time for our living room. We enjoyed using the picnic quilt so much that I was excited to have one in the living room. I’ve been holding onto some of the fabrics for about two years now, while some were from a recent Fat Quarter Swap [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Family and friends, Rant on October 8, 2009 | 9 Comments »
My babes, right before school began this fall.
The first time I ever sent my boy on the bus all by himself I felt a tremor of trepidation. Every time he or his sister have gone off into the world, into social situations which I couldn’t monitor in me there was an undercurrent of tension [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Crafts, My Bliss on September 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Bringing my yoga practice into my life, beyond my mat, is important to me. It’s been almost two years since I started practicing the Anusara-style of hatha yoga and I love it each time my body meets my mat. (Thank you, Amy, for being such a wonderful teacher!) But what I love even more are [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Family and friends on September 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The transition to our school year schedule has gone more smoothly than we had hoped. It’s been a week now and the mornings have been calm, the evenings full, though seeming far too short, and we’re finding a rhythm.
L3 waiting for the bus on his first day of third grade.
L4 barely even said good-bye on [...]
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