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How’d I get so lucky?

I really have wonderful children. I don’t know how I got so lucky, to have kids who are kind, generous, caring adults.

For a combination Mother’s Day & birthday present we took a family mini vacation, just the three of us. Michael met Amanda & I at the airport early in the day on Saturday, […]

Handwoven Placemats

How does 19 days go by without a post from me?! I guess I’ve been busier than I realized.

In addition to my usual amount of weaving and working at my paycheck job, I’ve moved 10 cord of firewood in the last two weeks. This involves opening a basement window, moving a homemade chute […]

Empty Nest

This is the original empty nest.

The baby juncos went from completely helpless balls of fuzz to flying to the honeysuckle in just a few days! It completely amazed me. I was lucky enough to see one of the babies on a branch, but of course by the time I got my camera, he was […]

When is Phoebe not Phoebe?

Why, when she’s Momma Junco!

I do have phoebes nesting under my porch, as I do every year, so when I was being yelled at by birds when I opened my door, I just assumed it was all phoebes. When I actually looked, it was clear that it was a junco that had made her […]

Phoebe Finds A Home

Every year I have phoebes build nests under my porch. I rather like to watch their active bug-catching, and I don’t think my usual outdoor activity bothers them too much.

This year is a bit different. For reasons better left unenumerated, I hadn’t yet taken down my holiday wreath, which hangs on the outside of […]