String Games

String Games

My self imposed life-is-too-crazy-to-blog break is over. Yipee! I love writing and posting photos of all the fun in my back yard, or as these days would have it, fun in my living room. One of the fun activities the kids stumbled upon last week while I was cooking, cleaning, ...

A foodie birthday

A foodie birthday

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

Some weeks are like this

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

Woods Restoration

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

few words today

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

WIMBM

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

Winter Rudbeckia & Joe Pye

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. ...