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Archive for July, 2008

A few things I saw on my morning walk…
 
Roses co-mingling with our late-bloomer Hydrangeas

 
This little guy who I met on accident when I moved  the stick on which he happened to be resting.  I’m fascinated by how fuzzy his little body looks in the photo.

 
Just a dog and her shadow

 
My pride and joy this summer, [...]

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Yipes! Stripes!

I have to admit…I’ve been a back-slider.  My once tight relationship with knitting and crafting had all but disintegrated over the summer.  I don’t know how it happened, really.  I was such an enthusiastic believer, so on fire for the craft.  But life got to me, summer camp crept up on me, and it got [...]

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Kiersten

Kiersten was 7 years old and in foster care when I met her at camp. Slim and tall for her age with long sandy-blond hair she looked average enough, but almost immediately upon meeting her you could sense something was a little different. She was assigned to a unit with other girls her [...]

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Things I Love Right Now

I was inspired by SouleMama’s blog to write about 10 things I’m loving right now.  Its always good to remind yourself of things you love, especially when you are in the middle of doing laundry (something you hate).
1.  Lantana.  The tiny flowers, the multi-colored blooms.  Perfection.

 
2.  Chinese food, particularly food from Shanghai Mama’s.  Randy is so [...]

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Much to my surprise I have become (at least by comparison) a gardening fanatic.  I have no idea how it happened.  Two years ago when we were installing our initial landscaping my exact words to Randy were: “I don’t care what you get, I don’t want to go help pick it out, whatever you plant [...]

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