friday {this moment}
“If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.” -Chinese Proverb
Archive for November, 2012
horses of a different color
Her drawings are always changing, evolving, over time. The layering of bodies, the facial expressions, and all the little details that make each animal or person unique reflect her growing ideas. As much as I loved her monotone stage, the addition of different colors is exciting to me. She doesn’t like to be called an […]
sweet and savory thanksgiving eats
We had such a yummy Thanksgiving feast. A juicy turkey, gravy, red chile, stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, raw cranberry-fruit sauce, raw walnut-carrot stuffing, David’s “green jello” (watergate salad), eggnog, sparkling apple cider, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Caleb peeled the potatoes in record time (really–5 minutes to peel that giant bag from Costco?) while […]
friday {this moment}
“Home is the nicest word there is.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
the best of friends
“Chub and Sissy…together again, the best of friends.” That’s what Zia crooned under her breath this morning as she popped out of her little bed next to mine and snuggled in beside Cash. She somehow acquired the nickname “Sissy” when she became a big sister, and Cash is affectionately known as “Chub” to both Zia […]
