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Category Archives: Seasons
~:: White Christmas? ::~
What we woke up to yesterday (i’d say “Out of the blue,” except it all had come down unexpectedly in the night): Can you tell the snow is still falling hard? While inside it was cozy. Neighbors, digging each other … Continue reading
~:: Of Birth and Holy Birth ::~
I have to explain how I feel about nativities. My first experience with one was when I was in high school and my dad built a bunch of crèches in his workshop. Every year, he made stuff in the shop … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Epiphanies and Meditations, Explanations, holidays, Images, Seasons
Tagged baby, Christmas, Jesus, Mary, nativity
18 Comments
~:: Tis the Season ::~
The horse arena is sopping. Sopping, soaked, swampy. And there’s more rain coming. We woke to snow. But the rain washed it away. This on top of other snow and subsequent rain. Even the high stalls are now turning to … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Events, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow
Tagged bad backs, Christmas, G, knitting, ornaments, party, rain, snow
14 Comments
~:: Bits of Eden ::~
My father just turned 88. He outdid his own father’s life by almost 30 years. I’m not that ambitious, myself. Happy birthday, Daddy. The perfect, perfect, perfect day: Saturday after Thanksgiving, the great feast eaten. Two days spent setting the … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Just talk, Seasons, The kids
Tagged celebration, empty nest, houses, kids, motherhood
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~;;~ Some Haunting Images ~;;~
As I have mentioned before, my mom used to sew up our Halloween costumes. I remember the cat one, which I loved, but I don’t remember any others; there might be movies of us on Halloween, but my parents weren’t … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Seasons, The kids
Tagged Autumn, costumes, Halloween, kids, ninja, pirate ship, pumpkins
42 Comments
Just Wait Five Minutes
Our dependable world: October 22: Box Elder leaves just starting to turn yellow. Some down. Usually, at this time of year, our whole yard goes stunningly yellow and stays that way till the first of November. I was anticipating that … Continue reading
~;;~ Part Four: the other thing I made ~;;~
It finally occurred to me that knitting yard into shapes could yield something perhaps more functional than horses. (Is there really anything more functional than horses?) I hate making clothes. Sewing them always left me unsatisfied (does it fit? Kind … Continue reading
Posted in Images, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, The g-kids
Tagged baby, hat, knitting, on Flickr">, pumpkin
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~;;~ Part Three: one thing I have made ~;;~
You do realize that my decorative marks up there are little bats, right? And I will tell you that we woke up to snow on the roof this morning. Ack. And sigh. But a white roof justifies an extra hour … Continue reading
Posted in Family, holidays, Just talk, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged kilts, snow, wreaths
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~;;~ Game Day pt.2: the cookies ~;;~
Take a very good look, because what you see now was gone yesterday. Stormy, seasonal (for a change) weather, we’ve got now. But on game day – it was like this: early morning slant light, sun just over the mountains … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, Images, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged Autumn, cookies, leaves, Scooter
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~;;~ game day and stormy weather: pt 1 ~;;~
I have spent weeks now with the camera glued to my face. But the storms have come in, and autumn leaves do not weather weather, so soon enough I’ll stop. Will you hate it if I keep posting what I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Images, Just life, Just talk, Seasons
Tagged Autumn, baseball, family
21 Comments