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…
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…
I finally looked through my iPhone photos from the summer, and here is a little collage of some of our goings-on over the past few months. Bluegrass concert, pool, beach, fishing, Addie (the pooch), neighborhood kid fun, amazing…
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…
Thanks to our amazing friends, who happen to live on a boat, our family got to spend an evening on the water. It was so very relaxing, quiet, calm, cool and perfect. It was just right for one…
We took our neighbor friends to the river to fish with us. I’m not much into fishing so I let the adults do the fishing and opted to chase the kids around while they ran, splashed and swam.…
We went to the beach in the evening, after waiting all day inside for the outside to cool down enough, and right before that cloud turned into a thunderstorm. It’s always a cool experience to be at the…
We discovered, again, the river. It’s a marvelous thing and a perfect fit for all of us. Matt got really excited about fishing after we watched those fellows pictured above drag in some huge catches (one of which…
