It’s been beautiful to be in the cool, colorful, crisp season of fall again, after years of missing it while in Florida. Oh, we did miss fall desperately. I have to say, though, that fall has been frustrating for me…
Again, you wanted to see something gross when you came here to see pretty pictures, right? Welcome to my world! I am sorry to startle you, but my reality is that I am mother to an imaginative, creative,…
Just to see what it was like, we jumped in the car and went to Whidbey Island one day. Riding the ferry over from Port Townsend was pretty neat, both on the way there with the views of…
We finally climbed to the top of a mountain, and did get the epic view I’ve been wanting… kind of. Through the trees it was there, and for that I am grateful. To get the 360 degree panorama…
Oh, that wonderful, beautiful, magical thing that is the seashore. We found it here, and although it is the Sound and not the Ocean, it will certainly do. I miss living right down the street from the sand and…
I thought this was pretty darn amazing. While we were camping with my dad and sitting at the table playing a card game, I pulled out my camera. At first I took a few photos, pictured above. The…
This eclectic assortment of photos tells the super rad story of being with my dad, who drove up from California to visit us for a weekend. We hadn’t seen him in almost two years. We camped, we hammocked, we…
I knew you wanted to see chickens being butchered on your computer screen today! I didn’t know having a chicken-butchering party was a real thing until we were invited to one by our Navy Band/homeschool friends. They are…
So far our mountain hikes here in western Washington are covered in wooded, green, dense forest. Moss, streams, rocks, trees and foliage abound. I love our hikes and the lush forest, yet I crave the mountaintops, and soon I…
A lovely beach with a mountain view, an ocean spot with driftwood (to remind us of our favorite Jax beach, Boneyard), a visit from our much-loved Aunt and Uncle, a family backpacking trip (which went surprisingly well!), and…
