Photography Flutters

Photography Flutters

This may sound pathetic but I seriously got the excited "I can do this, I can do this..." flutters in my stomach when I read these Top Ten Photography Tips from Me Ra Koh Photography. I found the article from one of my favorite photography blogs, Shutter Sisters. To all ...

Pretty Lady

Pretty Lady

Thanks to a recent butterfly post at the lovely blog, gardenpath, the kids and I were able to easily identify this weekend visitor to the garden. Vanessa cardui, commonly known as Painted Lady.

Living Summer on Tumbledown Mountain

Living Summer on Tumbledown Mountain

Yesterday we lived summer, under a bright blue sky. Hiking up and through a rushing brook, wading in a mountain top pond, picnicing and snoozing on the rocks, eating handfuls of wild blueberries. Tumbledown Brook Waterfall East Corner of Tumbledown Pond Webb Lake, Mount Blue State Park Wild Blueberries on ...

Fridge Pickles

Fridge Pickles

I don't can, except dilly beans (pickled green beans, so delicious) when we get inundated mid-summer from the farm. Should be any week now I guess. But I do make refrigerator pickles. No bubbling, boiling water and finicky sterilizing needed. Well, the jar should be clean of course... I dare ...

Education and Doll Making

Education and Doll Making

Celine's childhood, all three kiddos in fact, is not about acquiring school subject knowledge. It's about the freedom to learn, grow, explore, experience, play, create, fail and succeed in the safety of a family's unconditional love and support.

Echinacea and Achillea

Echinacea and Achillea

Is that kind of like "Ebony and Ivory"? (You are a blessed individual if you can read that and not hear the song in your head)

Summer update - Rain

Summer update - Rain

Enough eco-friendly orientated posts. What I want to know is what's summer like in your backyard these days? If you care to share, leave a comment with a link to a blog post or flickr photo (my latest photography foray). Oh, and please share something sunny. Because summer in my ...