Birth #4 – Home Water Birth in Upstate New York
Bubba, our most recent addition to our family has now turned two. So, I figured it’s high time I sit down and write his birth story. To do that I am going to start a bit before the actual birth though. Birth Options in Upstate New York When I got pregnant with baby #4, I […]
Good Reads: Sumo, Geisha and Japanese Culture
I always love a good book. I can’t read any old thing though, I like to feel drawn to it somehow. I have to be in the mood to read either the author’s style or something in the book has to interest me (probably like most people). I am often drawn to books with a […]
First Signs Of Spring
The lovely snowdrop flowers shown above are the first flowers of spring around these parts. They pop up all over. Purple, yellow and white crocuses are also starting to pop up as well. It’s fun to go outside on a nice day and note what new signs of spring there are. More birds are arriving […]
Finding Joy In Motherhood
Glimpses of Spring Earlier this week we had some gorgeous weather. Temperatures were in the fifties and it was bright and sunny out. The children took full advantage of it by riding their bikes for the first time in months and covering the pavement in chalk. I was joyously reminded of how much I […]
Spring Is In The Air
It is starting to feel like winter may be making way for spring around here. I don’t want to speak too soon, but I’m feeling very hopeful. We’ve had some beautiful days with sun and temperatures in the low forties the past week. The morning was lovely and the children had so much fun going […]
A Conversation Between Two Leaves
Several months ago I read the unabridged full version of Bambi by Felix Salten to Mrs. Sayuri. Perhaps one of my favorite sections we read was chapter 8. It is a brief chapter detailing a conversation between two of the last leaves of an oak tree right before winter comes to the forest. And although […]
A Photo A Day Personal Photography Challenge Update
We’ve been waking up to frost almost every morning these days. It’s been consistently in the high twenties to early thirties temperature wise when I come down stairs and look at the temperature gauge. Brrr! November 16 No Photo Yesterday I took two photos – neither of them blog worthy. My photography project kinda fell […]
