• Sweet, Sweet October

    Dena October 2, 2013

    Yesterday was the most gorgeous, blue-sky, fluffy-white-cloud day. The warm air & sunshine felt more like the middle of July than the first day of October. Still, the sweet smell of fallen leaves and the pumpkins on all the front porches let us know that,…

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  • Baby’s Been…

    Dena October 1, 2013

    “These are the days that must happen to you.” — Walt Whitman I virtually skipped Roman’s four-month-old update post. It’s been so hard to write because things keep changing so much every day. Yes, he is developing and growing — that is to be expected…

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  • Apple Picking

    Dena September 30, 2013

    On Saturday morning we woke up bright & early to go apple picking! It was the most gorgeous autumn day. We met up with my cousins and their beautiful families. It was so much fun. After apple picking we headed over to my cousin’s house…

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  • Poetry Friday: For Women Who Are Difficult to Love

    Dena September 27, 2013

    Poetry Friday is a feature that I run once in awhile. A long time ago — before I was a mother, before I was a wife — I was a poet. Poetry was the thing that got me through many of my darkest hours. Once…

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  • A Birthday Party!

    Dena September 27, 2013

    As promised, I am going to start sharing some of my professional photography here on the blog. Over the summer, I was invited to shoot sweet Rylee’s 1st birthday party. It was a blast and she is an absolute doll. Here are some of my…

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  • Chicken Keeping!

    Dena September 26, 2013

    After five-years of patiently waiting, we’re finally getting chickens this spring! I am so excited. The construction on our house, my pregnancy, and our town’s previous ordinance prohibiting chickens on less than an acre had kept us from getting them sooner — but this spring,…

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  • MAMA WEARS // BABY WEARS

    Dena September 25, 2013

    Just a couple of outfits that we wore to Space Farms last week. You know it’s autumn when… I break out my riding boots! I had a long-sleeved thermal and thick socks on Roman in the morning but by afternoon it warmed up and I…

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  • Jungle Habitat

    Dena September 24, 2013

    On Sunday afternoon, Matthew, Roman, Bella and I headed over to explore a place that we’ve been wanting to hike for awhile — Jungle Habitat. Jungle Habitat is located in our town. M. had ridden its trails on his dirt bike years ago, but I’d…

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  • Teething Necklaces by Sarava Designs

    Dena September 23, 2013

    Sometimes I come across an artisan and I just immediately connect with their work. That is how it happened when I came across Sara Johnson’s work and her shop, Sarava Designs. Sara went to college for Textiles & Apparel. Designing and sewing has always been…

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