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• Cottage Snippets. Part One.

  

  Whenever I travel somewhere one of my favorite things to do is pay attention to how life is being lived in other places. I pick up ideas, both big and small,... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Pemaquid Point

  

  I sat back watching. That is mostly all I did. I left with sea glass and a few shells in my pocket. I left rich. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Bristol, Maine

  

  These photos were taken in Bristol on our way to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. We stopped here to pick up lobsters to take out to the beach for a picnic lunch. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• White

  

  52 Photos Project - Week 14 - WhiteThere's something about the color white...so serene, refreshing, calming, soft. It is a hopeful color and one I am... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rockland, Maine

  

  Where to start?! We had such a wonderful time. Maine is a place I've wanted to visit for so long and something told me it would be a place where I would feel a... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, DIARIES, TRAVEL

• I Knew It Would Be Good.

  Good morning from Maine. I borrowed my nephew's laptop this morning - I have a rule about not vacationing with my computer (and, I'm old-school - I own a dumb... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Mushrooms, Jellystone, and Two Great Reads

  

  Last week was a blessing. Our days and nights cooled down, rain fell. Relief came to this state of ours that has been burning wildly. My garden beds have triple... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Circles {12/52}

  

  Theo was building with Legos a few feet away. Sully was napping. The cat was napping. I sat at the table and had a glass of sun-brewed tea, cold, with a... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Getting Ready

  

  We are busy this week getting ready for vacation. Well, one of us is busy piling sunglasses on his head and one is busy showing off his new kicks. I'm... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Heavy. Light.

  

  This morning I ordered him a backpack for Kindergarten. My options were preschool, small, large, rolling. I rolled over the images, magnifying the different... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• I Do Believe...

  

  I do believe it is the rightful duty of the baker's assistant to thoroughly enjoy licking the spatula after the cookie dough has been made.Happy Day!::: the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• A Different Pathway. {11/52}

  

  I am not always sure. I only know that I want to walk lightly, carry myself gently. Be me. Day by day.52 Photos Project. Week 11 - A different pathway.***Happy... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Summer Brew

  

  I filled a kettle and placed it on the stove. In it float verdant herbs, flower blooms, blades of freshly mowed grass, cobalt blue skies, tiny bodies running... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• .

  

  This weekend, I'll be stealing as many quiet moments as I possibly can - my book order arrived. There's a market on Saturday morning I can't wait to stroll... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• My Craft {10/52}

  

  52 Photos Project - 10/52 - Release. What do you do to lighten up?It's not uncommon at our house to watch me skip run to the kitchen when my hubby gets home fro... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Today.

  

  There is a quietude to our house today. The boys ask me if I'll put Space Buddies on. It is 3:30 in the afternoon, still time to do so much. But it is so hot,... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Happy Day

  

  I really like birthdays. I grew up in a big busy family. But when one of us had a birthday, the day slowed down. A cake was made. The fine china dessert... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• This and That

  

  Snippets from this week...Reading: The Hundred-Foot Journey and really enjoying it.Making: These scrumptious cookies. Watched: This, finally. And I loved it.... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys...

  

  "Mom, when I grow up can I be a cowboy and ride horses?""Sure, Sully. When you grow up you can be anything you want to be.""When I grow up I'm going to be like... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Ownership {9/52}

  

  Today's 52 Photos Project prompt is Summer Color.What to share? The heirloom tomato rainbow, vibrant pool towels and cheap plastic sunglasses, watermelon red an... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY