A Perfect Sunday Afternoon
Sunday afternoon was one of the most perfect weather days ever, a complete outlier for the month of May in Arizona, when the temperature barely hit 70 for a high.…
A Glorious Garnet Gift
A long time ago, in a Blogiverse far, far away (Xanga!), I met Linda Burklin: a home-schooling, curriculum-designing, blogging, fiction-and-non-fiction-writing, ren-faire-attending, autoharp-playing, knitter-of-beautiful-things and mother-of-many who also, I discovered over time, designed and…
Back Yard, Cloudy Day
Some pics from the back yard today. I don't get so many opportunities to photograph without compensating for bright sunshine, so I wanted to do something with this overcast day.…
Christmas Eve(s)
This Christmas week has been glorious - gloriously busy, gloriously blessed, and gloriously frustrating. I can only begin to skim the surface in telling you how much joy and delight…
Cover Art
My lovely Geneva, when she is not busily practicing piano, composing new music, and writing her magnum opus, produces artwork of various kinds. Sometimes finished drawings, sometimes character sketches, cartoons,…
Hats!
The hat lady is back. That is all. [hr color="dark-gray" width="100%" border_width="2px" ] [hr color="dark-gray" width="100%" border_width="2px" ]
Biltmore Photo Shoot
I sent the girls out to do some photo fun this afternoon, in celebration of Laurent's graduation, and Geneva's birthday. They ended up at the Biltmore and Megan took some…
Limelight
About today: School - and lots of it. Two things stand out: The first was Jacob's QOD during his Philosophy reading. From his prone position on the couch, he suddenly…
With a nod to my favorite…
...Doctor. The scarf I made for Moomzie got terribly long, much to her delight and glee. One of these days, if someone begs and pleads and cajoles, I might…
Peaches and Avocados
Yesterday I went to bed at the unheard-of-hour of 9pm. I was up at 4:44am, stretching my aching back. I took Megan and headed out for an early morning trip…