My niece fell asleep in my arms...I am a very happy aunt. ♥
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- Martha
- What makes me happy? My family, sunshine, giggles, scrapbooking, eating from our backyard, gardening, going for hikes, crocheting, playing in the snow, flowers, riding bikes and drawing!
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The Last year(s) and today - Lent 2011. How joyous but hard Lent is! When I am in Great Lent it often feels long, hard and we just struggle and want it to be over but later it seems lig...
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Guest Tutorial: Embroidered Gadget Cozy - *This guest tutorial is brought to you by Melissa of Sew Sweet Stitches. I think you'll agree that her gorgeous colors and stitching are extraordinary! * ...
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update - Rejoice with me! Tango is staying! His former family, who are happily very much still in touch, have decided not to subject him to another total upheaval t...
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A hard post to write - I have been absent for quite a while. This may have been the longest I've gone without posting since I started this blog 7 years ago. God has been leading ...
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The parasitic snow plants are blazing at Tahoe. - Mr. and Mrs. C. invited us to their cabin again on the south end of Lake Tahoe. At 6,000 ft. elevation it's still pretty brisk in May, but the sky was SO b...
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My Little Botanist - Grandma and grandpa had some one on one time with Justin today while they took him to pick out plants to add to our garden. He was beyond thrilled! After...21 hours ago
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doing a craft sale! - I've been a little quiet lately because I'm getting ready to do my first craft sale next month! I almost talked myself out of doing it before I registered ...1 day ago
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Coming soon: a scrapbooking masterclass [35] - [image: scrapbook page by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com] a fourth layout with supplies just from the April Best of Both Worlds kit. This was the last I co...1 day ago
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Rain Rain - Rain, rain. In the early mornings, before it is light, we all lay in the big bed with the windows wide open and the heated mattress pad turned on. The rain f...1 day ago
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Scrapbooking boys & men! - Calling all scrappers with 'boys' or 'men' in their lives. Have you seen this awesome Creating Keepsakes issue? It hit the news stands last week! You wo...
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Butterbean {healthy} Sunscreen Giveaway - Today’s giveaway is from Summer of Butterbean! Summer just happens to be one of my closest friends, so it’s great fun to get to introduce her and the amaz...1 day ago
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Showing Up - Last weekend was intense. I left with the girls on Friday early afternoon for what I thought would be a little over an hour's drive into Maryland. Four and a...1 day ago
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echoes of kindness - “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” ― Mother Teresa Because that part of my brain containing basic naviga...1 day ago
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Let's Talk About My Awkward Phase, Shall We? - *Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post. However, all thoughts, opinions and super awesome pictures of my gangly years are my own. Click here to view my full...
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Yard Sale Tips - *via Country Living* A lucrative way to spring cleaning is having a garage or yard sale. Get rid of unwanted things and earn some cash at the same time...th...
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happy blues - Hello Friends! I think most people associate the words blues with sadness but since blue is my favorite color, these are happy blues for me. happy blues I ...2 days ago
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Snimanje za Electrolux - Nedavno smo Tihana, Pamela i ja snimile kampanju za Electrolux; tj. zvjerku od njihovog stapnog miksera :) Nevezano uz ovu suradnju, Electrolux i ja voli...
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Whit's Knits: Pin Loom Coasters - Imagine a group of extra-terrestrials gathered in a living room. They're poking and prodding a stack of coasters; and once condensation is explained to t...2 days ago
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St. Petersburg: The Romanovs - "Wedding of Nicholas II and Grand Princess Alexandra Fyodorovna" (1895 Tuxen, Laurits) source - Hermitage MuseumI have always had a major fascination with...
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my story in eight - These are the last eight photos I took off my camera. Mostly with photo taking, I take a bunch of pictures all at once and download them soon after an...
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What to do with that #10 Can - My Reused ( Upcycled ) #10 CanI happily admit it. I live under a rock. I don't have cable (or even TV!) and usually have no idea who those folks are who do...
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I have returned!~ - Hello there, my friends!~ I'm back to the blogging world! I'm sitting here in my new art room looking out three windows at a pretty rambly lit...
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Yarn Along: step by step - I stayed up late last night to finish the toe of this sock. I already started its mate on another set of needles, which is my remedy for second sock synd...
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6 months in a flash (sorry for the wonky pics!) - Vasilopita to open the year! Hand-knit Baptismal gown fitting! Beautiful!!! Knit my Maria's nouna's sister! Snuggles with Pops Quilt for Baby. ESue's sc...
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Art birds - My studio has them flocking all over the place! Contemplating silly drawn folk art style birds, and working them over with fiber and color, fabric bits...
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One more Laurel - I actually started writing this post yesterday, but didn't get a chance to finish it and overnight I've discovered that one of my Laurels (below) that ...
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Moments - Last weekend was full of: dandelions, first harvest, my mama's baking, knitting, watching Eurovision and first BBQ.
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Golden Hour - We took advantage of the golden hour at sunset and took some pictures with our babe. He wasn’t very happy about my photo op plans. The thing is, his golden...5 days ago
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Sourdough and the VW Van - For several days I’ve been keeping my sourdough active, ready for the right mixing moment. Late Wednesday I decided to get my hands into some dough, and mi...1 week ago
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Author Offering - Neil Gaiman recently delivered a graduation speech. You can read it here. Or, you could watch it here:1 week ago
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We're Back! - We just got back late last night from a nearly two-week trip to Cincinnati and Toronto. We spent the second half of Holy Week, Pascha, and St. George's ...
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Friend or Foe and How Do You Know? - A simple spice has reminded me that calling things by their proper names according to their actual properties is important and helpful. It reminded me of ...
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Baby's first (or is it second?) Pascha - We have now come full circle, liturgically speaking from last year. At the beginning of Holy Week, we found out our little baby was a boy. We were also cau...1 week ago
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old road shone white - *The Convert* *by G. K. Chesterton* After one moment when I bowed my head And the whole world turned over and came upright, And I came out where the old...
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“Let No Man Fear Death..” - A joyous and Glorious Pascha! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Our parish in the wee hours of this morning: A very nice youtube video of the Paschal ...2 weeks ago
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Just a Blip About Walls - A plywood portrait, eight feet tall, from the parking lot at The Icehouse. Seriously funky. How does this relate to me? It doesn't really. Except, we're bu...3 weeks ago
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Reflection On Lent's Journey - Ever so lacking, yet still trudging onward. This Great Lent has challenged all I know up to this point. Words come from my lips that I ought to heed and st...5 weeks ago
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So nice. - We had lunch at Chipotle this week, and what a trip! Natalia was yelling and pointing “Look at that fat guy! That one right there. Everyone see that fat...5 weeks ago
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when I'm a wee bit stressed - This is what I do when I'm stressed: I become obsessed with some project—embroidery, sewing, photography, and I throw myself at it so that the hours pas...
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Spring is here, life renewed. - I can't believe it's been 3/4 of a year since I posted. I can't believe people still come to look. Red-flowering Currant. The hummingbirds love these! As ...
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Easter brunch and a cocktail for spring - [image: DSC05843] Happy Easter! We don’t really celebrate, but any holiday is a chance to eat some great food. We had friends over for brunch this mornin...
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Things Are Jumpin’ - We’ve been blessed with some days of sun lately and, wow, it’s been shear bliss. Like this: [image: JerInTheSun-9983] See what I mean? That’s how we’v...
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The Hidden Garden - We all have a longing to find a secret garden and to cultivate it in our lives. Jane G. Meyerhas written a lovely parable telling us that the secret ga...
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Beauty Care In Different Seasons - *Introduction: In this time the beauty is most important for younger and teenager. Each season is affects our beauty. Even though, make up material which i...3 months ago
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Discovering King Tut’s Tomb - Or maybe this post should be titled “Having too much fun homeschooling.” For our history curriculum we use Susan Wise Bauer’s Story of the World set. Thi...3 months ago
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SNOW hiking to Cochem Castle - The weather has been "SNOW SNOW SNOW" in this country. We decided to seek for some snowy adventures & we found a hiking path to go up this castle. We h...
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Adventures in Pompom Land! - I was very surprised when I received a total unexpected package in the mail a few days before Christmas from my lovely editor, Beth Sweet, from Lark Craf...
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New Year, New Blog - For the past several months, I have been setting up a new blog: Be As A Light. Please enjoy and add to your feed reader.4 months ago
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New blog, surprise surprise - New blog, moved this content there: http://simplythislife.wordpress.com5 months ago
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Happy Birthday Shoes To Me - Yeah, yeah. I never post here. Let's just skip that conversation from now on, shall we? Saves time. I couldn't break from tradition though. Had to share my b...6 months ago
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Mapping things out - Once again, Sherry and Katie are hosting the Pinterest Challenge, this time along with Sarah and Carmel. The whole point to the challenge is to motivate yo...
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This is life - Today, Church, pain meds, and laundry. Tomorrow, (God willing) pumpkin patch, applesauce making, sauerkraut, lox, and fermented carrot starting. Now, a nap...
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Frost - There was a slight coating of frost upon the grass this morning. As I took Colby out for his morning constitutional, there was a audible bend underfoot. ...8 months ago
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Medicine from Recommended Pharmacies - With prescription medicines, there are so many choices to choose from and it is not easy finding cheaper and effective alternatives. Does your Government p...8 months ago
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You Heard It Here First: - *PolitiChicks STATE Press Release* *For immediate release August 13, 2012* As we speak, *PolitiChicks.tv* is being transformed from a produced-ty...
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Blog Moving - This blog has moved! I will be writing over at Pocketful of Miscellany! Come check it out!9 months ago
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Smell ya' later Second Grade . . . - It has been an awesome year & it went by so fast! Can't believe my baby is going to be a BIG 3rd grader in September:)
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The Naked Face Project - Have you heard of The Naked Face Project? I just found out about it last night through a mailing list I’m on. I was intrigued and interested, largely b...1 year ago
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Yoga Saga - Well, hello again! I have gone back to my original yoga book. sigh. Rodney is just a little too hard core for me these days. I will work up to him, because...1 year ago
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Homemade Chocolate Granola Bars - Here’s our first recipe for the new page we created titled: “Kids in the Kitchen.” Our girls love granola bars…but we’ve been noticing that one never seems...1 year ago
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Confessions from an (almost) Canceled Photoshoot - Flexibility wasn't something that I was known for about 5-6 years ago. In fact, I was probably one of the least flexible people you would likely come acr...1 year ago
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First Day of Preschool - It's official!! My very first blog post for the Momenta Design team went up today! As you know, I was really excited to get the box! And it didn't disappoi...1 year ago
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A little more quiet - I've decided to take a break from this blog for awhile. We are incredibly busy now and I expect we'll stay that way for a bit longer. I'm a little burne...
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Paper Puppets and Carton Creatures - *Lions and Tigers and Turtles, Oh My!* A fun morning making creative critters of all kinds with recycled containers, scraps, and left-over art suppli...
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Christmas Card - Holly Frame Christmas 5x7 folded card Create modern Christmas cards at Shutterfly. View the entire collection of cards.2 years ago
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My culinary dreams have come true... - We had some Kohl's cash to use, so tonight after we went to Bed, Bath and Beyond to get our canning supplies, we dropped in. I perused the clothing and di...2 years ago
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so precious! :)
What a beautiful moment captured!
That looks like pure bliss - on both your faces.
Thank you!!! ♥ It's so nice to "see" you again, Rosemary!
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