It’s been a while since I posted. Happily it’s because we are just so busy lately. I had one post I worked on all last week but it was so long and rambling that I got rid of it. Instead, I’m giving you a few shots from a weekend with family. Including going to the [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 24, 2009
Opening Tomorrow!!
After a few months of wrestling with this idea I’ve decided to open an etsy shop to sell some of the vintage finds that I have been accumulating. So In the Wardrobe Vintage will be opening tomorrow morning, barring any power outages or other catastrophies. Come check out our first few items!
March 18, 2009
A long thought on life, mine
Icicle found during a weekend hike with Alder
Before I met Kevin I lived alone in one of the oldest houses in Durango. It was three room place that I had to go into the basement and tighten the jacks once a week. There was a slant to the floor that would send a ball [...]
March 17, 2009
This weekend
Alder had a long Saturday playing with Big Dad and Grandma.
I made Pizza and knitted. Everyone was happy.
March 11, 2009
the Slog
I am well into the slog of figuring. I haven’t mentioned it here much lately because well it is embarrassing that we have had such a hard time over the last few years. I try really to keep this place happy and thoughtful rather than one to complain in. But I just thought I would [...]
March 10, 2009
I’v Been Drawing
I’ve been wanting the saturated colors that come from heavy lines of my watercolor pencils.
The colors lay on the paper in layers, bleeding brighter when they are passed over by the brush.
I am not looking for smooth lines or pretty pictures.
Just the vibrancy of the colors I choose.
There is joy even in the mistakes.
March 9, 2009
A Taste of Spring, and a food note
Lately I have been craving the taste of green. Not the potent dark green of kale but the springy green of, well, Spring. While I don’t usually buy fresh herbs in the winter I have been treating myself to bunches of parsley and eating loads of warm rice salad.
It is so simple and Springy
1 Cup [...]
March 7, 2009
Eat, Count, See, Make, Read, Eat, Make, Make, Eat
Some days our rhythm of mother and son is on track. He is patient with me and my distractions and I with his. For us it has to do with finding activities that we are both engaged in. Endless hours of road building and puppet playing wears thins as the snow, now gray still fills [...]
March 4, 2009
a new/old tradition
This past Saturday morning I started a new tradition I took an hour by myself with a cup of tea and wrote a few friends letters.
The year I graduated college and was still deciding what I was going to do with my life I spent a lot of time writing and receiving letters. Every day [...]
March 1, 2009
Week in Review $100
Well, the $100 dollar week is past and I have learned a lot. First off we didn’t make it, we went over by $30. By Friday we were out of veggies and breakfast food. But there was another problem with this challenge in our household. Not only were we eating at home but we were [...]
