It’s coming! Just this morning, totally unprompted, Sairshe broke out in a dramatic and boisterous rendition of Jingle Bells. It was mid photo shoot, when she was supposed to be cute and calm for the camera (more on that in a minute), but was a reminder that we are in the blink of time that [...]
We went to breakfast on Saturday at one of our favorite restaurants. Breakfast is my favorite meal to go out for. The kids are usually happy and excited for pancakes, they get up early enough that we can get there before the weekend brunch crowds and I often get a few minutes of quiet(ish) time [...]
Sairshe’s school had a harvest festival a week ago. It was lovely. I thought we’d stay for a few hours. We were there for 5, start to finish. It was so great to see all the handmade decorations and so many parents volunteering to make it a special day for the kids. That was missing [...]
Posted in Autumn on Sep 24th, 2012
My autumnal weekend. A balance of light dark, indoors and out. Autumn was welcomed with an open heart. My summer is busy. Always busy. Autumn feels like the beginning, especially pronounced this year with Sairshe starting kindergarten. A milestone for me but just one foot in front of the other for her. Another step in [...]
Posted in Autumn, Create, knitting, Seasons on Nov 9th, 2009
What’s not to love? The cool weather, pumpkin pie and leaves changing color are all wonderful but what I also love are all the sweaters! Everywhere I go I see fabulous knitwear that makes my closet seem boring. Okay, my closet’s not too boring but I can’t stop coveting other people’s sweaters, hats and scarves. [...]
Posted in Autumn, Children, Family, For Babies & Kids, Halloween, Holidays, knitting, Seasons on Oct 30th, 2008
We had a great time at The Pumpkin Patch last weekend and partied with some parent friends. Square dancing, all-you-can-eat barbecued corn and toddlers in face paint. It was a really good time and after much deliberation, we even came home with some pumpkins. Back at home, the evidence that seseme is now a toddler [...]
Posted in Autumn, Celebrate, Eat Well, Local Eating, Places, Portland, Seasons, Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2008
We went to the Apple Celebration at the Portland Nursery last weekend and and tasted over 60 kinds of apples and pears! Luckily we got a paper to write notes on and we learned a lot about apples. We bought a bunch of apples too so next up- applesauce! Even sesame got into the harvest [...]
Posted in Autumn, Celebrate, Create, knitting, Nature, Seasons, socks, The Outdoors on Sep 22nd, 2008
And a contest! Details about that after the pictures. Even though the weather was grey and drizzly this weekend (how quickly weather changes in Portland!) we spent a lot of time outside. Here are some pretties from the weekend. We went to the park and there were already lots of leaves on the ground. It [...]
Posted in Autumn, Celebrate, Seasons, sweaters on Oct 9th, 2005
I am beginning to think that I have knitting ADD. I am knitting the flame sweater and the gyrid top, as you know, but I can’t stop thinking of other things to knit. I really want to knit socks because I haven’t done it before and I can’t stop thinking about soft, warm socks made [...]
