Archive for July, 2010

happy birthday, mimi!

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Zia painted this watercolor for Mimi’s birthday. It’s a pink dinosaur with a large dark pink eye and dark pink legs. Actually, she drew a blob that I thought looked like a dinosaur, so she added the eye and legs. She also gave it some green grass to eat and a couple of green tree […]



where the wild flowers (and things) are

Posted on July 17th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

This weekend finds us roaming in places where beauty abounds…places where there’s no need to remind ourselves to stop and smell the flowers!



hummingbird with coneflower

Posted on July 14th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

When you are convinced that all the exits are blocked, either you take to believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird. The miracle is that the honey is always there, right under your nose, only you were too busy searching elsewhere to realize it. The worst is not death but being blind, blind […]



thirty-five

Posted on July 12th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

My birthday came this year on the heels of the wildest storm I’ve seen in all my 9 summers in Kansas City! We lost power for less than 24 hours, but many of our neighbors didn’t fare so well, and are only now having their power restored. Somehow, our lilies survived the crazy winds, hailstones, […]



three

Posted on July 10th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

A day nearly too lovely for words… balloons at dawn presents upon rising: picture books, garage sale goodies, homemade art box crown from Grandma and Pom-Pom worn all day even to the farmstead with friends Kaleb and Jezzie to the first pony ride ever fishing with real worms a fake sneezing fit every time happy […]