I realized, while we were visiting my friend in her home in the woods of Asheville, North Carolina, a lot of things about myself. It was quite a life-changing visit, actually. I remembered a lot of things I…
These photos portray much of what the kids and I have been doing with our days lately: making lots of new friends and developing relationships with the people we know, going outside (parks, pools, beach, or woods), enjoying…
The weather has warmed here in Jacksonville. I’m not sure it ever gets as warm in Montana as it has in this area, and it’s only the very start of spring (mid-March at the time of these photos).…
One of the things I know about myself is that I LOVE watching my children head outside for adventuring, especially if the adventuring can happen in the woods. I long for a day when our backyard (these photos…
French press coffee, hot chocolate, “liquid truffle” (imagine a small cup filled with warm, thick, melted, rich chocolate– um, wow), and a good friend at a lovely little shop in Asheville. It was really just right. And to…
The kids and I visited an old and dear friend in Asheville, North Carolina this weekend, staying for several days in the peace of her warm home. We explored the city, played in the woods, got to experience…
They took the risk of swimming in February, even after I warned them. They brought extra clothes just in case, and they used them after getting soaked and shivery. Then we went spent a lovely couple of hours…
Just another day enjoying the beautiful weather here in Florida. Getting outside is so simple with year-round warmth and sunshine (although this past week or two has actually been mostly gray, rainy, and cool enough to wear long…
