My favourite sort of day revolves around the sun being out, comfortable temperatures, gardening gloves and dirt. It helps when my two favourite guys are there with me, but that’s not always necessary because being in the garden is soul-feeding and meditative for me. After such a mild winter it was amazing to return to the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘death’
beauty in the little things
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a little bit of me, death, family life, gardening, gratitude, Isaac, love, motherhood, music, nature, play, spring on March 12, 2012 | 6 Comments »
august in review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a little bit of me, autumn, Celebrations!, creating, death, exploring, family life, friends, gardening, gratitude, home cooking, inspiration, Isaac, motherhood, nature, play, politics, rain, summer, where we live on August 30, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Hello, sweet friends. It appears that I decided to take most of the month of August off. It was not planned, but then so few things in life are. I guess I needed the break from having to “keep up.” And I don’t mean that in a bad way…I love being here – I’ve just [...]
playing catch up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a little bit of me, death, family life, gardening, grandma, Isaac, motherhood, music, natural medicine, nature, play, spring, unschooling on June 3, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Time is just motoring along. We’ve been busy, busy, busy since returning home from Ohio. It’s been 2 weeks but we are still trying to find normal. There’s been piles of laundry that still aren’t folded (hey, I’m not perfect), and so much gardening to catch up on. We’ve had to replenish the fridge and [...]
it’s been a year
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a little bit of me, death, grandma, gratitude, love on April 25, 2011 | 15 Comments »
A year ago today my grandma passed away. A year ago today we lost someone so dear to us all; the pain is still so fresh. There are times I just want to call her and tell her all about what’s been happening in our lives. I want to share with her our gardening adventures [...]
8th Day of Christmas – paper chains and gingerbread cookies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a little bit of me, Celebrations!, creating, death, inspiration, Isaac, love, peace, role models on December 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Cookies were the order of the day. I asked Isaac first thing what kind of cookies he wanted to make, chocolate chip, molasses spice, shortbread…he wanted gingerbread. Perfect. These cookies are so good. And I prefer them to some of the other options as they have significantly less sugar. These are definitely a holiday favourite [...]





