Monthly Archives Feb 2009

A foodie birthday

February 27, 2009

It was Laurent's birthday today. And I recall that a couple days ago I said I wasn't blogging till next month, oh well. I have to share these photos and thoughts from the day. I suffer from "if I don't write about it, it didn't really happen". The day was ...

Some weeks are like this

February 24, 2009

It snowed 12 inches last night of very wet, heavy snow. The driveway is only half dug out. My son's 8th birthday is in 3 days. Belgium waffles, pizza & roasted tomato soup. His requests for the day. An afternoon painting clay creations. We're gearing up to go winter camping. ...

Woods Restoration

February 22, 2009

Without fail, being in the winter woods restores me. Each and every time. More woods photos here. Oh, and I just have to post this all by itself. I took a bazillion photos today so I could try and get one like this. No tricks here folks this is SOOC ...

few words today

February 20, 2009

I'm breaking one of my personal unwritten blogging rules to only post seasonal, as life happens photos. So much for rules, this photo from last September's Common Ground Fair is what I need today, on many levels. Maybe it's what you need also. var addthis_pub="rtougas";

WIMBM

February 19, 2009

Brienne helping to paint the closet: love the diptych the mirror door created I started to write this blog in my head earlier today. I don't know how other bloggers write but everything I post has already been swirling around in my head, looking for an escape route. I write ...

Winter Rudbeckia & Joe Pye

February 18, 2009

Along the lines of yesterday's post I thought I'd share these photos to contrast my garden in September and February. Spring time is coming, I know it. I feel it in the longer days and the calendar (only a little over one month till spring's official arrival) proves me right. ...

February's garden

February 17, 2009

The kids let me know, late last week, in no uncertain terms that they wanted to start planning their gardens. I wasn't quite ready but my kids have a way of kicking my butt into gear. It's not vegetables these kiddos want to plan, just flowers and decorative plants thank ...

February's FIMBY Finds

February 16, 2009

Mama Speak:. A couple weeks ago I read this post on servant motherhood by Sorta Crunchy. Her blog is veering towards writing a book on Christian attachment parenting your baby so I'm not sure I'll keep subscribing. I'm long through that stage. My personal baby & toddler care philosophy (those ...

Celine's new lid

February 15, 2009

We went shopping last week to Patagonia, our favorite family and outdoor clothing company. For all the reasons why you can read 4 reasons we shop at Patagonia over at ADVENTUREinPROGRESS. We always go with a list and an envelope of cash. We buy as much as we can from ...

Math U See Giveaway

February 12, 2009

although the almonds were strictly for snacking they work really well for counting also! Our family really likes using Math-U-See. Maybe it's just that we like math but I think this material has something to do with it. The end of last month and the beginning of this have been ...

Garlic, the medicine in your kitchen

February 11, 2009

I was hurtin' earlier this week. Thanks to good old fashioned rest, prayers, garlic and heavy doses of vitamin C I'm on the mend. No doubt most of you have heard or read the wonders of garlic. I'm not going to go into all the great evidence that points to ...

February sunsets in the 'hood

February 10, 2009

Lake sunset: this is not from my neighborhood, but my parents on Christmas Day Winter sunsets are spectacular. And each day I'm the same place - stuck in my house getting the kids to clean up all their crafts and activities while I start supper. The glamorous end to a ...

Sick Mama

February 9, 2009

I'm sick today. I think I must of tempted fate when I wrote last week that winter was treating me well. It was, until this weekend when I got an ear infection. I don't know for certain that it's a medically certifiable "infection". But my body is just plain tired, ...

Springtime's a comin' ~ Eventually

February 6, 2009

I'm not anxious for spring yet - truly. This year more than any other in the past I am surviving winter quite handily. My life is brimming with creative ideas and energy. I'm blessed with healthy, happy children, good friends, a husband I adore, a mostly warm house (thanks Dad ...

Indoor Sunshine

February 5, 2009

I'm such a fair weather photographer. When the days get really cold and really snowy (most of the winter, or so it seems) I'm largely indoors. But in my defense, it's not totally my fault that I'm such a wimp about taking my camera outside, I do live in Maine ...

Fumbling towards better photography

February 3, 2009

An old friend (we met in pre-natal class 10 years ago and still keep in touch) recently some time ago left this comment on my blog: I would LOVE to take pics like yours, but I don't know where to start. Did you take a class? What kind of camera ...