Happy Sunday! I hope the weekend has been treating you well. After a very warm start to the week (up to the 80s on Monday and Tuesday), the weather has finally settled and it's starting to feel like fall around here! We've had a couple of mornings that have been below freezing and the highs... Continue Reading →

Happy October, dear friends! October is 100% my favorite month and I was thrilled when the calendar flipped this week. Unfortunately, the weather isn't very October-like at the moment. We're having a string of 80ºF+ days, but that's supposed to change on Wednesday. I'll be putting my head down and will keep focusing on that.... Continue Reading →

I can't tell you what happened to September. Well, I could flip through my notebooks and tell you the things we did, but it all feels like so long ago already. I think September was the fastest month of 2025 (so far). The weather has been mostly warm and sunny this month, but we finally... Continue Reading →

Can you believe it? We've nearly made it. The leaves have been turning here for a little while but mostly because of the terrible drought we're having. We're planning a trip to the West side of the state today because the highways to our usual adventures will be clogged with Nascar fans and people going... Continue Reading →

Good Sunday morning from my cozy basement burrow! The opening picture is from a late night (late night is a relative term) reading session on Tuesday. My head has been spinning for a million different reasons this week and the sleep score my watch gives me reflects that fact! I'm here today to give you... Continue Reading →

Friends, it's now been two weeks since I've checked in. The last few days of August just zoomed by and now we're a week into September. The weather here has been quite lovely. We finally got a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon and it's been raining this morning. The high temperatures over the last couple of weeks... Continue Reading →

I made the executive decision to publish this week's post on Sunday instead of Friday. Our days have been stuffed to the gills with board games, big walks, and a ton of time playing in the shade in the backyard -- time for my own pursuits has been fleeting but I've gotten good at capitalizing... Continue Reading →