Hello, sweet friends! How are you? Oh my goodness. The last few weeks have been such a whirlwind! But in the midst of it all, we survived our first week of “hybrid” schooling last week. Today is the first day of our second week and…
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How to Build Trust In Yourself
Read moreHave you ever found yourself unable to make an important decision? Paralyzed by confusion and an impossible ability to move forward because you can’t decide what to do? Have you ever found yourself deep in a state of regret, overcome by desperation over your inability…
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Marina Grace in the Garden
Read more“The question is not, — how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education — but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds…
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Our First Honey Harvest
Read moreLast week we took our first harvest of honey. What an adventure it has been, a lifetime in the making. I’ve shared before that J. and I each came into our relationship with a dream of keeping honeybees one day. It was quite a surprise…
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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 Road Trip Fun: Avoid and Prevent Road Related Accidents
Read moreSummer is here and around here summer means road trips! This year summer break looks a bit different thanks to the pandemic, but that won’t stop us from hitting the road and making beautiful summer memories. We have a whole list of destinations on our…
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Time Management: Bullet Journaling & Habit Tracking
Read moreEach June, when we reach the half-point of the year, I like to reflect on my goals from the start of the year. I consider all that I accomplished in the first half of the year and all that that I plan to accomplish in…
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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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Travel Guide: Kilkenny, Ireland
Read moreThe next stop on our Ireland road trip was Kilkenny. We arrived at the Horban Hotel tired from our flight and adventure in Dublin, but excited for the journey ahead of us. We enjoyed dinner in the hotel restaurant, followed by a drink on the…