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  • sweetest nuturanceher six-year-old hands, gentlya-washing my hairimpromptu haiku

  • Twilight hike.....Last night, we took a car trip up our local mountain, to the top, where there are campgrounds and a really nice loop trail. Thel elevation up there is just over 9,000 feet, and there are ponderosa pine…

  • Morning gardening.......I love it! (almost as much as evening gardening) Much of the time though, with all of the day ahead of me, I rush through morning gardening. Yesterday I didn't though...and dd helped me. We ha…

  • morning gardening, part 2......Here we go...We are doing a container pumpkin patch this year. One reason is that pumpkins go ((everywhere)), and later in the summer, we have a hard time gingerly stepping around the vine…

  • 1st harvest....The little cherries are starting to redden up!!!!(oh happiness and joy!)And the following blissful moment is dedicated to my pal Uncskainch...because I thought of her when I went over to the basil patch to…

  • Wish me luck....The camera is out in the back yard right now at 11:30pm, shutter open, recording what I hope are star trails. It's so cool! Check out that link....I've wanted to do this for a long time!May the muses of …

  • Ahem........."Kids playing frisbee at the park in the dark"(ditto)and.....

  • Oh Happy Day!Glorious, blessed rain!(and just in time for San Juan's Day!)It came out of nowhere! Not in the day's forecast...but clouds started building in the morning, and made a huge line of thunderstorms for our loc…

  • June Photo Blog-a-Long: Letters!In honor of the summer solstice...the word in photos I have chosen isMidsummer(click on each photo to see it larger...or to see it at all! )M is for munching on a breakfast of aphids.....I…

  • Speaking of Faith, part 2: children's books for spirituality........Stacycats asked about books to read to young children about exploring spirituality. Nancygoat found this page on the Speaking of Faith website that lis…

  • Saturday, June 17, 2006The Spirituality of ParentingThis is a broadcast/website may of you may be interested in...it is this weeks' feature on the NPR radio show, Speaking of Faith. It features the stories of how pare…

  • Shhh!! Don't tell Dad, part 2, updated!The shirt detail:the front:"Pop's Progeny"..We didn't mean to cross out "progeny" and write it twice...but ds made a little mistake on the "n"...(it looked like an "h") so we decid…

  • Shhhhhhhhhh! Don't tell Dad!(a protected post to hide the surprise)We're making him a father's day shirt. It's a tradition in our family...we make dh a photo shirt with his babes every year. He really seems to like th…

  • click here for June's photo blog-a-long!!Second curtain fun!Last night at sunset, we had fun....(well, at least *I* did!) I played with the second curtain flash on my camera, while the kids zoomed past me on their scoo…

  • Self-portrait Tuesday.....(!)He doesn't like change.......It's always been a struggle for him. Transitions were hard as a baby and toddler. He cried for weeks when we donated our old couch 3 years ago. (and still is an…

  • Photo experiment part 2:Can you see this photo now?How about this one?This is the thrasher nest....the 2 babies are getting big! This second photo is from today...can you see the babe there in the center? His beak and …

  • Guess who's back????It's Stanley!!!!!Flat Stanley is back from his extended stay (one year) in England! He just came back for a brief visit here in Arizona, and will be continuing his travels in a few days. I have a li…

  • Can you see her?She is.........One busy mama!Mama Curved-Bill Thrasher, raising her we'uns in the crux of a cholla bush..Thrashers vivaciously harvest insects, berries, and seeds, and here she is with a delectable for he…

  • the kitchen...so far.It's been a 'bute of a week! Was busy painting, learning the art of switching hinges, and hanging cabinet doors (well, one door so far.) It's amazing how well hinges work when you have them on the …

  • June Photo-Blog-Along: LETTERS!(note: guest author today is Uncskainch...she said it so well! )This month, we'll focus on letters of the alphabet! Some possible options, just to get the creativity flowing:(1) Get bas…

  • Ok, I posted for World Photo Day! Tomsaaristo did, too... And Stacycats did, too!! There are entries there from all over the world, come see! When you get to the World Photo Day page, click on the "World Photo Day 20…

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