In the Tampa area, the Florida Botanic Garden was among one of our stops along the way home. It was beautiful, of course, and we left the area just as several days of storms began. If I recall,…
2013 came and went in a whirlwind of moving back to Florida, waiting for Matt to come home and then getting him back, visits from Grandmas, and lots of family togetherness. I see that these are the times…
We went on another nature adventure recently, this time at Fort Caroline National Memorial, which happens to be minutes from our house and offers trails, the river, a museum and a fort to explore. We often go on woods…
Matt, while out to sea, finally read a book we’ve had on the shelf for years that we’ve always meant to read. It’s called Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature. I have to say that I still haven’t…
The neighborhood gang gathered to walk a few blocks over to the Mayport Fall Festival one Saturday recently. There was food, face painting, games, bounce houses, pumpkins and other fun treats. My favorite part was enjoying it with…
I realized I haven’t adequately captured what has been a big part of our lives for the past couple of months, so I snapped a few pics at soccer. It’s been a learning experience for us all in…
We’ve been to this tree many times, and have sort of claimed it as our own family tree. Because we love it so, the kids don’t complain on the walk there, and so we walk in fun and…
We went on a wet, post-thunderstorm woods walk one afternoon, trying to get some “fall” feeling in our bones. The weather only just now cooled off a bit, so we can finally truly enjoy the outdoors and sunshine…
Although these are just a few pics I snapped in the park one evening, we’ve been going to soccer practice twice a week for a couple of weeks now. Both kids are playing soccer for the first time…
Boneyard beach, which we’ve been to several times before and posted about (here and here) has become, along with the river, our new family hangout spot. It’s amazing in this space: beach with wood, rugged, very few people (just…
