Happy Friday, sweet friends. This week has been filled to the brim with school activities, field trips with Colton, time spent in the garden, and watching snakes slither into the bushes. We've had turtles migrate through our yard and down to the river behind our house. Toads hopping, doing their best to avoid the snakes... Continue Reading →
Summer Settling
Goodbye to the most perfect weekend! Cool and sunny on Saturday, lots of rain on Sunday. It felt like the best of both worlds! We are finally settling into the season and I'm so happy about that. I am feeling more and more like myself every day and I know that for two reasons: I... Continue Reading →
Full of Joy Friday | It’s Summer!
The opening picture is of a chive flower. It's from 2020 but our current chives are full of blooms right now as well. We are still nursing seedlings in the garden and keeping them safe, and I'm looking forward to the moment when they start to bloom like these chives! I feel like I can... Continue Reading →
May 2024 Reading Review
Happy Monday! We had the most perfect weekend: sunny skies, highs in the low to mid 80s. We managed to spent nearly the whole weekend outside and I did a lot of reading in a lawn chair while filling up on Vitamin D. Just lovely! I'm here today to share the books I finished in... Continue Reading →
Full of Joy Friday | Last Day of May!
Did this week fly by for you? It definitely did for me! Actually, the entire month has flown by now that I'm realizing that today is the last day of the month. Tomorrow is June 1st! I'm back for the second Friday in a row (woohoo!) to share a few things that I've been enjoying... Continue Reading →
Fridays are Full of Joy | Flowers, Summer Reading Plans, & a New Completist
Happy Friday! This week has been packed full with appointments, school, and general summertime yard excitement. It has definitely felt like summer this week! It's been hot, humid, and generally uncomfortable. We even had a thunderstorm! And while thunderstorms are always welcome in my life, humidity is not. And yes, I know that you need... Continue Reading →
2024 NH Sheep and Wool Festival
Happy Friday, friends! This has been such a busy week and I've been holding on for dear life - I'm definitely looking forward to my day "off" on Sunday. We are almost there! I've been working on today's post throughout the week and I think it's finally ready to be published. It's all about this... Continue Reading →
Stitching Update | May 2024
Happy Monday, friends! The weather here is just beautiful; I'm sitting at my desk and the catbirds are going crazy out there! I hope you all had the best possible Mother's Day you could have. I was able to go to the NH Sheep and Wool Festival and buy a few goodies (more on that... Continue Reading →
Reading Update Part 2 | March & April 2024
Part two of my massive reading update is here! My most recent post outlined some of my favorite books in January and February of this year and today will be covering March and April. Despite how quiet my blog has been, my reading life has been ignited this year. If you read my last post,... Continue Reading →
Reading Update Part 1 | January & February 2024
Phew! I've worked and reworked this post several times, trying to make it manageable for both you and me. It started out as a truly massive update covering January through April of this year, but I really wanted to give several books their due so I've decided to break this up into two parts. Today... Continue Reading →
