A little project has been brewing in my mind for weeks. During my time alone (well Seth was with me) on Mother’s Day I got started by dyeing a skein of yarn. I saw shades of green, blue, and gr...
~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you kni...
A green snake, a box turtle, and a baby turkey. All were admired and then released, although we briefly considered keeping the turkey.
(Photos taken at Montpelier by Jonny and I. The last photo taken on our front porch.)
From Laura’s blog: If you are reading this right now, please please pray for my baby. Things are not going well. Too much to explain. Please pray for us. Thank you friends.
The garden is a busy place right now. In fact I’ve declared today to be an official garden day; there’s much to be done this weekend. I spent an evening picking strawberries, placing the ...
Thank you all for your prayers. My friend Laura has updated her blog with what happened, so I feel okay directing you all there. Her blog will be updated with Truman’s condition and the latest ...
I have a hard time not sharing here what is going on in my life right. this. second. And the truth is that as I typed up my lighthearted post last night, my heart was heavy. It felt strange to write ...
We’ve had such an ordinary good week. I bought Larkspur a potted cherry tomato plant at the Farmer’s market. It was a guilt induced purchase, but a good one because Larkspur loves it. (Fe...
Last Friday we met friends in Shenandoah National Park for a little rock climbing. Larkspur and the boys had a really great time. Beatrix is too little to climb and was not enthused with the situatio...
We had such a good weekend. First Holy Communion was Saturday morning. I tried to get photos on the way in, and afterwards, but the boys don’t really cooperate for photos unless they are surrou...
This weekend’s giveaway is from David and Lisabeth of Sparkle Stories! I asked Lisa to introduce her family and share with us the story behind Sparkle Stories. David is a storyteller & teac...
Saturday, Gabriel and Keats will receive their First Holy Communion. They are excited. Keats keeps asking how many days. Rehearsal was Wednesday night, and everything went well. We’ve borrowed ...
(photo by Jonny) The past few days have been really hard for me. I didn’t recognize why until my sister mentioned the upcoming anniversary of her mom’s death on Facebook. This happened to...
I am struggling to find an opening sentence that ties the following photos together, sums up my state of mind, or does a little of both. I can’t do it. Silas needs pants, so I made him some. Jo...
I am thrilled to welcome Maya of Springtree Road here today. She is a wonderfully talented mama, and I am so glad to be sharing her gifts here with you. Maya is babymooning with a new little one righ...
I would say that pink fingernails and a new doll are sure signs that Grandmommy has been visiting. In honor of Larkspur’s sixth birthday (It was actually last March, but my dad and his wife live acro...
We have company: my dad and his wife are visiting from New Mexico. It may or may not be my imagination, but it seems to me that my children become maniacs when we have company. Although they do look ...
Welcome and welcome back to: Springtree Road :: Maya is back from maternity leave and once again offering her dyed by hand modern luxury yarns! Quince & Co. :: Knitbot essentials is here! The boo...
I’ve been working on a few small special requests for the girls. First I made a pair of shorts for Beatrix. I don’t know where she was when I was sewing them, but Larkspur appeared by my ...
Recently, Larkspur sat down with our copy of Naturally Fun Parties for Kids and started flipping through the pages. I asked Lark to look closely, and see if she might recognize anything in the pictur...
The horrible truth is that I haven’t done much of anything in the garden during the past two weeks. I hastily rushed out to get some photos before dark Friday evening after spending the day awa...
We had friends over this week. We shared our mud, our bees, and some chips and guacamole with them. Our little girls love each other so much. It’s the sweetest thing. And the boys: they only to...
Last Friday, after visiting the Elkton bur oak, we spent some time in Shenandoah National Park. This is early spring on The Big Meadow. Silas, who is walking these days more than he’s crawling,...
Last night, while watching Wuthering Heights with Jonny, I finished my February Lady Sweater. Without even weaving in the ends, I immediately jumped up and put it on. It looked pretty frumpy. Ther...
Last week we were able to take a Remarkable Trees of Virginia trip. Between increasingly busy schedules on the part of our kids (oh my!) and high gas prices, our adventures have become far less freq...
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