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Taste. Touch. Sight. Smell. Sound.
We’re entering a week of sensory play. I’m offering up pictures, words, and links to let you into some of the things that are stimulating my senses in the last 48 hours.
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It’s a big day today. Cookie platter delivery day. Last day of Christmas School. One week til all the [...]
Archive for the ‘adventure’ Category
Five Senses
Posted in handmade, home, parenting on December 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Pleasant Turmoil
Posted in home on December 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
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cutting. sewing. ironing.
knitting. counting. grafting.
measuring. snitching. baking.
shovelling. walking. building.
talking. laughing. anticipating.
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Be Nice
Posted in adventure, handmade, sewing on December 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
On the theme of being nice, four sets of ideas for you:
1. I gave to myself this weekend – I scheduled a massage for the middle of the gift crafting and cookie baking season. Then I told her I’d been knitting a lot and she should pay attention to my forearms and hands. Ahhhhh.
2. I [...]
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, home, quotes on December 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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“Christmas… that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance — a day in which we think of everything we [...]
Frozen Moments in a Morning
Posted in art, books, handmade, home, homeschooling, knitting on December 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
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On a day last week, we started with clues tucked around the house and a hunt.
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They led to our new Christmas book, “A Newberry Christmas”. I read the first story aloud and knit on a simple sock whose colours remind me of the 80’s and acid wash jeans and hair bands.
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Breakfast was slowly consumed [...]
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, home, quotes on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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“When we confuse desiring with having or attaining something, we move away from ourselves, away from listening-flowing-feeling-creating and into the pushing, striving, teeth-gritting, forcing way of being….Desire becomes a place to get to rather than a vital energy to feel, experience, and ride.”
Jennifer Louden
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What role is desire playing in your holiday plans? Are you riding [...]
Bathroom Before and After
Posted in handmade, home on November 30, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I can’t believe I didn’t post this when we first finished the project in the spring. On the bright side, it’s that sort of a November day when celebrating the change of a room with an explosion of colour is a good thing.
The whole house was painted grey when we bought it. Pale, chilly [...]
Sometimes there’s a moment
Posted in adventure, home, parenting on November 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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dusty, chilly walk down the gravel lane
green window frames on the neighbours’ fence
a moment to stop and breathe
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a day of cleaning and errands
a card game with the kids
a moment to stop and smile
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looking for a fortune in craft supplies
the thrift store has glitter, ribbon and candles
a moment to stop and be thankful
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children loud and raucous
drawings [...]
Savour
Posted in adventure, field trips, homeschooling, parenting on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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Sparse flurries are in the heavy grey clouds blanketing the sky today, but what an autumn we have had! A long, long autumn. Weeks of golds and browns.
We managed a hike last Friday to squeeze in a final day of golden sunlight and leaves crunching underfoot. Four families and we had the [...]
A Quote and a Question
Posted in A Quote and a Question, adventure, home, homeschooling, parenting, quotes on November 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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“Home – there is a magic in that little word. It is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits.”
Robert Southey
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Despite the appearance, I’m not going for sarcasm here. Finding a mental balance between the visual ideal and the human being ideal has been a vital journey for [...]
