Preamble, here. Part 1, here. The Park The kids and I unleashed ourselves onto the crowded park area like a breaking dam. Sun, slides and freedom! In case hunger were strike at a moments notice, I was armed with a cooler full of hummus, flat bread sandwich thins and clementine oranges. White puffy clouds, cool [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 25, 2010
Do Dollar Stores make you giddy from all the crafting potential? I know it sounds weird. But, there are a group of us crazy crafters that love a challenge, especially a thrifty challenge. Lindsay, from Living with Lindsay, is hosting the 2nd Annual Five Dollar Challenge. Armed with a $5 bill, I gathered some supplies [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Yes, Bear Don’t bears eat a lot, then go sleep for a good long while, say, all winter long? That is a bit of a reflection of my current lifestyle. I try to grin despite all the sickness and the fatigue of this pregnancy but really I don’t hide it very well. I try not [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
Handmade Spring The only buds or blooms around here are found on Molly’s knit hat.
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Green Week is Complete This past week I allowed myself to slow down and notice the color green, as a symbol of new life. {The change in weather, a 65 degree increase from Day 1 of Green Week, is an incredible bonus.} I was able to absorb the turning of the seasons using photography. Ironically, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Puddles Have Arrived Spring has sprung. Puddles, ice and mud galore! Molly loved stomping around in her new rain boots this weekend. We went splashing around the block as a family and then with some friends (without my camera in tow). I was a bit freed by not carrying the heaviness of my Nikon [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
Snail Mail I captured the lost art of letter writing today. Well, I wrote a letter anyhow. Pen to paper. No words or pseudo-words were scrawled out with the exclusive use of my thumbs. It felt so good to start a greeting with these words, “To My Dearest Uncle…” My Uncle Wayne, (near the end [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
Looking For Spring I feel ready for Spring to burst into my life at any minute. I think Spring got frozen under the sheet of ice on my driveway. I look for hope in everything but politics. I look to God for a sense of order. I look to family for support and laughter. I [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Green Week Salt and Chocolate blog writer, Mary Beth, has been doing a photographic essay or “noticing” project about the color GREEN called Green Week! Here I sit, a Minnesotan expecting yet another winter storm today, struggling to find spring-filled relief and inspiration. (cleaning, walking, decorating, shopping, cleaning – did I say that already?) I [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Just when my mind is ready to snap from being unable to paint anything outside, open the bedroom windows or get a grip on running my home, I find a moment or two like these… Winter sun rays Brighter than summer days Snow banks beam light Warm sunspot, just right Children bounce off the wall [...]
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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