The seasons don’t always make a grand entrance. Sometimes, they slip in quietly — in the way the morning light shifts, in the breeze that brushes the porch, in the sudden craving for something warm or cool. As a mother, I’ve come to notice these gentle changes more keenly. Life moves fast, but the seasons ask us to slow down — and one of my favorite ways to do that…
gardening
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…from the gardens
Read moreHello, friends. In just a few days, we’ll be flipping the calendar page to August. Oh, 2020, what an unexpected ride you have been. Around here it has been hot. Over 90° (32°C) every day for weeks now, and all of the humidity. It’s times…
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summer in our gardens…
Read moreHere we are, friends, it’s the middle of July. Summer is here in all of its glory. I snapped these photographs around our yard on the first of the month. So much has already changed out there. We have so many vegetables on the vines…
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The Pandemic & Our Seedlings
Read moreWe’ve just started our fourth week in quarantine. We’re going on a month of isolation. A couple of days before the decision was made to close my children’s school, I was in parent teacher conferences with their teachers. Roman’s teacher asked me if we had…
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Planting Seeds and Finding Hope
Read moreHappy Monday, sweet friends. What a strange time we are in. So much has changed in the ten days since I shared my thoughts on the pandemic. At that point, it was just a looming anxiety over what was to come. Now, as we approach…
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Chicken Keeping for Beginners
Read moreKeeping backyard chickens is a wonderful experience. Chickens are sweet and low maintenance, with a few caveats which I’ll share below. I absolutely adore our chickens. They are my sweet girls. They are beautiful, and of the four that we have had since May, three…
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Love in the Garden: a few of our favorite things…
Read moreWe’ve reached the middle of August which is, in so many ways, the height of summer. The final, glorious climax of heat, humidity, sweat & sun before the season slowly turns toward the crisp coolness of autumn. Although much of the excitement of summer is…
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in the garden // mid-august
Read moreThis past month, the garden has provided us with bounty after bounty. We’ve spent hours in the sun caring and tending. We’ve spent beautiful evenings gathering & harvesting. We eat dinner from the garden at least five days each week and many lunches, too. On…
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in the garden // late july
Read moreLate July brings bounty & beauty to our garden. These are my favorite photographs from the garden yet. I could just sit and stare at them all day. They capture the plant life out there so beautifully. What I didn’t capture is the animal life!…