The Year in Mosaics
March 26, 2009|Comments (18)
While I took a blogging hiatus, a technological vacation, a digital holiday… my friends have been busily browsing the archives on this site. As I sat down this morning to try and remember why I started this blog back in the start of 2008, the photos throughout the posts really spoke to me. I laughed, cried, and smiled as Josh and I struggled to tame the Georgian jungle, form our very own aviary (quite large and lacking a roof), garden amongst the predacious southern bugs, and prepare for children. I thought you might join me on my walkabout. Read more
Climb Every Mountain
March 17, 2009|Comments (16)
My husband is in touch with his inner mountain goat. He so much as glances at a mountain and he is simply not happy until he’s climbed the silly thing. How dare it exist if not to serve as a jungle gym for him? It’s probably a very good thing that the Army won’t station us in Nepal because I live in fear he’ll attempt Mt. Everest and if we were living in its shadow — there would be no stopping him. Read more
Make Your Own Marshmallows
March 16, 2009|Comments (30)
Pardon the lack of creative title — I am writing this while doing laundry. Creativity does not flow sweetly or steadily during the laundry hour… it sinks like a stone. When I think of marshmallows, I immediately recall the scene in Dennis the Menace when Dennis is trying to shake the fire from his roasted marshmallow and accidentally catapults the flaming confectionery treat through the air and directly between Mr. Wilson’s eyebrows. We won’t be taking part in any flame-throwing today. We will, however, make different flavors which would send the purists to the nearest puzzle factory to turn in their shoelaces and take up macaroni projects. Read more
