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garden journal :: two steps back (and a giant leap forward)

Our back garden is pretty hopeless right now. When we bought this house we knew that we'd have to have the massive tree in our backyard taken down sooner rather than later. It was a gorgeous, healthy tree, but it was growing about ten feet from the back corner of... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at four wild blueberries

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I think you may be right. :)

Commented yesterday on soup - and a chance to join me in class at Gypsy Forest

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Oh my goodness - I LOVE those skirts! Possibly more than any of the other lovely things in her shop, which I've been drooling over for quite some time now... Thank you so much for the chance to win one! xo

Commented 2 days ago on SouleMama Sponsor ~ Woolen Moss Farm & Studio ~ at SouleMama

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on needles :: 05.15.13

:: Four more rows of my shawl are out of the way this week. But, as Karen pointed out last week—that's four rows completed. Now that I'm more than halfway through the two balls of yarn are less cumbersome & it's become a nice knit to carry with me. It's... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at four wild blueberries

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Oh my goodness - that soup looks and sounds wonderful! I've taken Heather's Whole Food Kitchen course twice - because the second time the recipes were going to be all new. I've never taken her 30 Day Vegan class but I'd love it if I won a spot alongside you! Thanks for the chance! xo

Commented 7 days ago on soup - and a chance to join me in class at Gypsy Forest

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Those mementos are phenomenal. :) I have the papers showing an itemized list of the fees we paid for both of our children's adoptions. I sometimes wonder what they will think about that, when they are older. In some ways I guess it is the same as a hospital bill for a child's birth, but it also seems different somehow. (Interestingly, our home study fee was only twice as much as the one your parents paid. Our placement fee was more like 50 times as much...) xo

Commented 7 days ago on Unusual Treasures. at Bird and Little Bird

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geranium

I decided at the beginning of the month—when I realized that we had four birthdays to celebrate by mid-May—that if I didn't have time to make gifts for all of them (and I didn't), I wouldn't make gifts for any of them. So, for the first time in a long... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at four wild blueberries

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on mother's day

On Mother's Day... :: Julia woke me up with: "Mama, is it tomorrow?" and: "Happy Mother's Day!" :: Breakfast was cinnamon-rolls-in-a-tube, one of my guilty pleasures and the special-occasion breakfast my mother always made when we were small. :: It hailed. Three times. (Really!) But in between the weather cleared... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2013 at four wild blueberries

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garden journal :: catching up

For the last few weeks we've been spending nearly every waking at-home hour working outside—digging and planting and, just in the last several days, sheet-mulching and building beds. First in were the peas, along the tall fence in the backyard, the week before we built the shed. (As it turns... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2013 at four wild blueberries

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She loves it. So, so much. And she is adorable in her too-big shirt and shorts. George is a big soccer fan, so he's pretty pleased that she likes it. (And that Asher's already bugging us to play next year...) xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on on needles :: 05.08.13 at four wild blueberries

If you're going to spend the time & energy tending to it, it's nice to have the produce to harvest, isn't it? :) xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on on needles :: 05.08.13 at four wild blueberries

That's right - there is always next year... :) xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on on needles :: 05.08.13 at four wild blueberries

Ha! I'm sure they would. Julia always notices when the light turns green; very impatient backseat driver, that one... xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on on needles :: 05.08.13 at four wild blueberries

I spent so many years, it seems, planning and waiting. We had a small yard in our first house, but the first year I got around to actually planting in it Julia was an infant. Then we had two years in a rented house with a great yard that I couldn't dig up. And last year we bought this house too late to plant. I'm so excited about this year! xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on on needles :: 05.08.13 at four wild blueberries

That is phenomenal; I'll bet you have some adorable pictures to remember that by... xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on on a thursday afternoon at four wild blueberries

You know, I wondered the same thing. As far as I know he doesn't actually have a favorite baseball team. :) Happy Mother's Day to you, too! xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on on a thursday afternoon at four wild blueberries

What a sweet giveaway - thank you! xo

Commented May 12, 2013 on SouleMama Sponsor ~ The Mother’s Wisdom Deck ~ at SouleMama

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on a thursday afternoon

4:45 pm "Mama, can I wear this hat? It's a Sabres one." It sure is. You love the Sabres, don't you? "Yeah. They are my favorite hockey team." What other teams do you like? "The blue ones." You like all the blue teams? "No, just the blue hockey team." What's... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2013 at four wild blueberries

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on needles :: 05.08.13

:: I've knit exactly three rows this week, on my shawl, as we watched Julia's soccer practice yesterday evening. I brought both the shawl and Julia's Maggie blouse with me on our trip home last week, but since I had to drive the whole way I couldn't knit in the... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2013 at four wild blueberries

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another may, another giveaway

It's the beginning of May, and that means only one thing, doesn't it? The spring edition of Giveaway Day at Sew,Mama,Sew! I wasn't planning to participate this time. (I'm fairly certain I've said that that at least one other time; perhaps I should just stop thinking about whether I'll be... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at four wild blueberries

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Wonderful giveaway - thank you so much for the chance! xo

Commented May 5, 2013 on SouleMama Sponsor ~ Barn Owl Primitives ~ at SouleMama

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Wonderful. I'm so excited for you all! xo

Commented May 4, 2013 on home....... at Gypsy Forest

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Oh, I've seen these books & would love to have my very own copies! xo

Commented May 2, 2013 on ... tell me a story: ashley english interview and a giveaway! at imaginechildhood.com | Blog

Thank you for these suggestions, too! I will have to check them out. The one in the PDF looks to be in western Mass, which is also in our region (sort of ... closer to where we were in Connecticut than in Buffalo, but similar climate). So many of the resources I've seen have been in southern or southwestern areas, so they don't directly translate to our area, so I'm glad to see more things that are relevant to our growing season, etc. :) xo

Commented May 1, 2013 on on needles :: 05.01.13 at four wild blueberries

Oooh - I'd never thought of that! Hmmm.... xo

Commented May 1, 2013 on on needles :: 05.01.13 at four wild blueberries