I know it’s still summer, but I’m already thinking about autumn. It’s my favorite season, not only because of birthdays and anniversaries but just for that beautiful, almost wistful feeling I get watching the days grow shorter and nature beginning to fall asleep.
Summer is a time of growth, and heat. But I also see it [...]
N.B.: I’m stealing the format of this post from Tammy, because it’s a great way to do this quickly given that we took about 4,000 pictures.
We drove from Pocatello to Port Townsend, WA (1,700 miles) to visit Grammy and Grandpa for 2 weeks (the kids staying an extra third week). We hadn’t been to Washington [...]
Life seems very busy right now. I feel like I have no time or energy to blog much. But I do want to….
To perhaps get myself back into the swing (though we are about to go on another vacation, so we’ll see if I get to blog anything for the next week or so), I [...]
The kids and I took our annual pilgrimage to see grandparents at the end of May. Then this year the trip came hard on the heels of SillyBilly’s kindergarten graduation, and Anthropapa did not come with us (saving his vacation time for an even bigger trip we’re taking in a few weeks, out to Seattle [...]
1) SillyBilly has dived full-bore in to reading. He insisted on getting a chapter book yesterday at the book fair at school. I’ve been steering him toward the simpler, early-reader type books… but no, he wanted a big kid book. He picked a Magic Tree House “Merlin Mission” book, which is a series I know [...]
Sunday afternoon Anthropapa had the brilliant idea of taking a hike. You see,
SPRING IS FINALLY HERE!
We walked a short way up Chinese Peak — we’ll be working our way further and further each time, but it’s going to take work, because that is one steep hill. We’re all totally out of shape, though with [...]
Discriminate, v.
1. trans. To make or constitute a difference in or between; to distinguish, differentiate.
I am an indifferent winter driver. I just don’t have that much experience yet, so I’m very cautious. And the plowing around here leaves something to be desired.
Unlike the guy in the monster truck in front of us at a stop [...]
Yesterday morning we were treated to some lovely fog along the Portneuf river. The Bannock mountains behind were lit up in the sun, the beautiful colors of the snow highlighted by the dark junipers. The view across the valley from SillyBilly’s school is particularly nice, as is the panorama as we crest the hill between [...]
I get a daily email from Craftzine.com’s blog with all kinds of crafty goodness. Today’s edition contained something of a bombshell:
Earrings made from squirrel feet.
Normally very few people put comments on these posts, but this one has received over 50 comments so far. Some people are mightily offended, some people are so offended that they [...]
A gang of six crows
Looking for sandpit treasures–
Where are all the kids?
Dusting the mountains
Little pellets hissing down
Wintry mix outside
Leaves hang in brown shreds
Waving in the icy wind
And low clouds darken
Wet mittens and gloves
Glasses steaming up inside
Piles of boots and hats
Cutting up carrots
The boy works so carefully.
Pot roast smells so good!
Staying up too late
Two laptops glow [...]
