Archive for June, 2010

papa and mimi’s house

Posted on June 29th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

We’re back from an awesome week in NY. It’s been a year since we’ve seen my family, so to them, Zia has grown up just a little. This is where they live; in a house on a hill with 15 wooded acres and a spring-fed pond. It’s where I grew up, and it was the […]



kitties aloft

Posted on June 20th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

$1 raggedy garage-sale hamper + scissors + sewing machine = 2 good-as-new pink kitty travel bags for a very special girl. Yes, travel bags. Fasten your seat belts and hang onto your bloomers, folks…we’re up, up, up and away!  See you back here next week!



how to eat your front yard (and not get caught)

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on how to eat your front yard (and not get caught)

It occurred to me that I haven’t posted any pictures of the front yard…since it turned green! Yay! So here it is. First of all, I was really disappointed that of the 3 packages of shasta daisy seeds I planted, not one seed sprouted! Hmm…how hard can plain old daisies be to grow? Maybe I […]

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light mountain henna

Posted on June 15th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  11 Comments »

It’s been overcast or raining pretty steadily since I did my hair, so I don’t have any true-color pictures to show. It’s definitely redder than it was, but still fairly subtle. These pics give you an idea only of the comparison between Zia’s and my hair, though both have a richer, less-goldeny-red in real life. […]



mud head

Posted on June 13th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on mud head

Experimenting with henna. Stay tuned for the results!

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