This Mother’s Day
Today is Mother’s Day. I can’t believe I’ve been a mother for nearly ten years. It seems like forever. But it also seems like my son was born only yesterday and I became a mother. The day Ben was born…
Category think about it
the weaving of thread
Any woman who sews or knits, or weaves, blends colors in a tapestry or creates a patchwork quilt, knows by the feel that a single thread is weak, but the weaving, the blending, the intertwining with many others makes it…
Make it Do on Earth Day
I’ve been thinking about Earth Day over the past few days, and in doing so, I went back to the post I wrote last year on Earth Day. I was about my grandmother Maxine Morgan, really all our grandmothers, and…
Lemonade Stand Savings
Yesterday Ben and I went to the bank and to open his very own savings account. In went the money he has earned by taking care of our neighbor’s cats while they are on vacation, lemonade stand earnings, and birthday…
You Never Know
I guess you never know what your day will hold when you wake up on a Wednesday morning. Last Wednesday started for me with the hope that I was finally rounding the corner on my flu-like symptoms. Little did I…
Spring is Here!
Saturday was the first day of Spring. And if to say Mother Nature meant business, yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far. Even though a little snow is due tonight, I’m not daunted. Winter has lost all…
Woodland Inspiration
My girls have a birthday right around the corner. And after much debate between them, a woodland party theme came out the winner. It barely edged out Harry Potter. I held my breath listening to their deliberations… hoping it would…
Art/History
Several years ago my mom spent a week in Pennsylvania visiting an Amish family. They had no art or decorations on their walls save one thing: A family tree. Decorating your home with your family history is an amazing way…
Short Winter
So the groundhog saw his shadow this morning. And we’re all a buzz about it at our house. No, there are no groans… they are all downright happy. They want to go snowshoeing again, and skiing. They want to build…
Give Love
Picture from Lovlies and Inspiration by Kelly McCaleb I came across this image the other day and fell in love. I love the quote too, which I had never read before. It seemed like the perfect sentiment for what has…
1940’s Prints
Several years ago, when my husband’s Grandmother Eva passed away, my father-in-law invited us all to her home to choose keepsakes from among her belongings. I chose items some of the family thought were not worth keeping. Actually a few…
The Holidays go out with a Bang
The last official day of our holiday was Sunday. We had so much fun, it was hard to see it come to end. We played games, saw movies, went snowshoeing and owling (no owls, but it was still wonderful), and…