Sometimes lately I feel strangely frozen, all the while there is so much moving, growing, and happening all around me. I guess it's just my state of …
my children
Beautiful Day
Today was, quite nearly, a perfect day. I've been feeling pretty good this week, so I took our kids on an all day excursion: fishing, fossil …
Beginnings
Larkspur is way ahead of me in the gardening department. She has seeds sprouting in her bedroom window, and more in little greenhouse boxes …
For her tenth
Tenth birthdays are a big deal: two hands, two digits. I really wanted Larkspur to feel like the day was special. We planned a party with friends, …



