I work in a forest and the view from my office window is like looking out of a tree house. It sounds great, and usually is, but lately I’ve been staring at my computer all day and have hardly even glanced at my treee-house view, much less actually set foot on a trail. The work [...]
Posted in Holidays, Nature, Thanksgiving, The Outdoors, travel on Nov 20th, 2012
It took 12 hours to get here. 14 if you count the hours before sunrise Mike spent straightening the house and getting things in order so the housesitter doesn’t have to deal with our dirty dishes and kid clutter. The “Can we see California yet?” and “I’m hunnnngryyyy!” and “She’s copying me!” were in full [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Gardening, Places, Seasons, Summer, The Outdoors, travel on Oct 22nd, 2009
. . . and do I have a lot to share. I certainly didn’t intend to have such a long blogging hiatus but it happened anyway. It started with my summer from hell. Soon after the lovely birthday party, summer camp started. Lots went wrong- mostly database issues resulting in registration issues and unhappy parents [...]
Okay, so maybe hate is too strong of a word for a city that I have only passed through on road trips but let me tell you a few things about it. -It’s hot, really hot. Most of my drives through Redding happen during the summer and I am not a lover of hot weather. [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Children, Easter, Family, Holidays, Places, Seasons, Spring, travel on Apr 15th, 2009
12 hours in the car with a toddler isn’t so bad. Maybe it’s just my amazing trooper of a kid but I’m tempted to even’ say that the drive from Portland to the Bay Area was fun. I realize that sounds crazy but crayons, knitting and books on CD go a long way- 600 miles [...]
Our tree has been down for a while, the decorations dismantled and the 12 days of Christmas ended yesterday so why am I still blogging about it?’ Well, I got some fabulous handmade gifts and want to share them with you and give a little shout out to their super talented makers. I was a [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Children, Family, Halloween, Holidays, Places, Portland on Nov 2nd, 2008
Mike and I didn’t really get into Halloween this year. Oh sure, we dressed sesame up as a batbaby and went to the Kennedy School where she got some candy and we got beer and then ate her candy.’ We didn’t put up decorations or even carve pumpkins and I usually love pumpkin carving! If [...]
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 [...]
Hey readers, If you’re in the Portland area, stop by Crafty Wonderland on Sunday the 12th and say hi! I’ll be selling things from my shop along with 39 other fabulous crafty people and there’ll be a DIY table and other fun things happening. I’d also like to give a shout out to Katie of [...]
My life feels like a cliche! I just got back from 6 days in sunny California and now I’m back in Portland where, you guessed it, it’s raining. I was hoping for a few more weeks of summer but it seems like autumn is really here. California was fun. We saw the grandparents and sesame [...]
