Outdoors
Gone Campin'
February 19, 2010
We are out the door in 15 minutes, literally. Yesterday we put the finishing touches on packing and this morning we're off for our annual winter camping trip. one of my favorite photos from last year's trip Have a great weekend.
winter magic & adventure
January 24, 2010
Contentment does not describe my feelings after yesterday's family time sledding at a local state park. Combine physical activity, lots of belly laughter, winter's beauty and spending time with my favorite people and you start to get a sense for how I felt about the day. Contentment scratches the surface ...
Technology - who needs it? I'd rather be in the woods
January 11, 2010
I'm choosing to end this day on a good note, remembering our afternoon in the winter woods. Technology can sure be frustrating some days. I'm spoiled because I'm married to a technical wizard so my standards are kind of high, but sometimes even he can't fix my problem. Tonight's problem ...
sparkly Sunday
December 14, 2009
These photos really are worth 1,000 words, unfortunately they don't "speak" that much. Kind of blah in the story telling department. But...there's a big story behind them, it's just too bad I don't have time to write it. Ok, you twisted my arm; in a nutshell it's this: today we ...
Getting outdoors more with your family
December 2, 2009
My husband fondly remembers our pre-marriage days when he could move from apartment to apartment by simply packing his life possessions in the back of his Honda hatchback. 15 years, a mortgage and three kids later the same can't be said! Unfortunately, the multiplying stuff that comes with family life ...
November hike-u
November 22, 2009
study in contrasts orange blaze, cold river, gray bark November beauty And not related to the above poem (which I composed while hiking yesterday) but sort of... I have no words today to explain how the mountains, rushing rivers, bare trees and sunsets give me life. Call to me and ...
November looks like...
November 12, 2009
new knitting and crochet projects the last of the yellow leaves sunlit grasses and warm afternoons the last of the light as it bleeds into dark fresh chard from our raised bed orange blazes on weekend hikes the last bouquet of the season from my frost hardy chrysanthemum The color ...
