Archive for the ‘Home Sweet Home’ Category

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 […]



tea party

Posted on March 19th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

…and the fourth teacup is Mamma’s.



irish washerwoman

Posted on January 21st, 2010 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

When I was small, my mother made me a little apron. It was a present – for what, I don’t remember (birthday? christmas?) but I do remember it was red with little blue roses all over it, and the lining was light green (bearing a strange resemblance to one of our worn pillowcases:) Most of all, I […]



happy new year!

Posted on January 4th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on happy new year!

Another year has rolled by. Then again, make that shot by.  Sometimes I wish time would  s l o w  d o w n  just a little. These little egg-carton birdies were one of our last projects of the year. I wish I could remember the site I got this idea from (their birds were owls), but anyway, thank you, […]

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cozy times

Posted on December 25th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on cozy times

Fresh snow, homemade peanut-butter cookies, a bowlful of snow for munching, girl on favorite perch with strawberry milk and Madeline movie, wintry stars. Not shown: Scrat movies and a BIG bowl of popcorn. Wishing you cozy times as well!

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