Outdoors


Going Camping!

Going Camping!

I'm writing this at 10:30 pm on Thursday night. Usually I'm tucked into my bed by now but not tonight. We've just finished packing and although I'm tired I just wanted to sign off here for the weekend. The day was downright hot, too hot for May in Maine, and ...

Thoughts on hiking, knitting and healthy feet

Thoughts on hiking, knitting and healthy feet

~My feet after this weekend's hike.~ Sometimes hiking is mostly hard work and the best part is reaching the end, propping up your tired feet and knitting. As was the case with last weekend's hike but you can read more about that over at our family adventure blog. Speaking of ...

The Earth Day Compost Heap

The Earth Day Compost Heap

I have other plans for tomorrow's Earth Day post (with a giveaway) if I can finish it up in time. So I'm doing an earth day round up today. A little bit of this, a little bit of that - kind of like my compost pile. Garbage Day We cleaned ...

Future unknown

Future unknown

At heart she's a homemaker. All she ever really wanted was a husband, a home and babies to call her own. Deep down he's a visionary and adventurer. But he's also a provider, protector and steadier than steady. Her heart and dreams are wrapped up in this man. He is ...

Pond study

Pond study

These photos are almost 2 weeks old now, hence the snow in the background. At the time I wanted to write a little "pond study" post to go along with them but then thought how fun it would be to collaborate with Mariah at Playful Learning. Her educational blog posts ...

Soap giveaway

Soap giveaway

I know everything is about spring right now so please forgive the wintery forest photo. But we're giving away a couple bars of homemade Winter Woods soap over at ADVENTUREinPROGRESS. You all might want to hop on over and leave a comment to win a bar of soap. While you're ...

Winter Bliss

Winter Bliss

It was a lot of work getting there, to that cabin in the woods. But it was so, so worth it. To have the time and space away from ordinary life, in the woods.