30 Days of Happiness Day 4 blue

Fires may be vibrant, sunsets heart stopping but me I like blue.

If I could wrap myself in blue everyday I’d be a happy woman.

I look for blue when I am out wandering.

It inspires me.

It makes me feel still and aware.

30 Days of Happiness Day 3: an evening’s walk

After dinner I escape over the back fence for a walk. There is a trail there that winds towards the main road. This is not the trail where fairy houses are built or trees are climbed, this trail is for me alone. I walk through the tall grass and trees watching  golden lines of day [...]

30 Days of Happiness Day 2: Stories

We surround ourselves with stories. When I look at the things in our house, the ones that we keep I see not only what they are and the function they perform but also the stories that they hold. We keep things not only because they are useful but because they remind us of other times [...]

30 Days of Happiness Day One: seaching out the small

Erin over at Bluebirdbaby is doing a 30 Days of Happiness and I thought I would join in.
Much of our days are spent in the microcosm.

We search out spiders. [And follow bees around the meadow.]

We spend time peeling mushroom sticks so we can prod and turn fungi.

We build homes for the creatures that we can [...]

On Being a Grump

There are just some days that are better left to others when I should really be left alone in a room with something creative to do or maybe a book. But I certainly shouldn’t be out on hot sticky missions with an also grumpy three year old who announces “I don’t want to say please [...]

Looking for it

The story that I am writing travels across the country over a long period of time. It first wanders west from New York at the turn of the century towards the mountains and continues over the decades to wind itself back and forth in various ways. A lot of the story takes place in the [...]

36 a year of doing

Yup I’m 36 years old. It snuck up on this year, we had family visiting but the celebrating was low key. On Saturday we went to the flea market and hiking in 11 Mile Canyon. Sunday we had a picnic in the park in Denver with friends. This year, more than ever before, I feel [...]

Soaking Up the Summer

I’m not sure how it’s been almost a week since I’ve posted anything real. Life has been tumbling forward with Festivals and prairie meandering. Oh and Grandma showed up and gave Mama a much needed day to herself which she spent too much time searching for the still elusive local diner and not enough time [...]

Guilt and Packages

The last two years have been a time of letting things slide. I haven’t been the greatest on some of my responsiblities so to try to rebalance everything in my life I have some catching up to do.
The following people are people that I owe packages to for a variety of reasons and my work [...]

New Stuff in the Shop

So it’s taken me a little while to get in the swing of loading items into my Etsy shop inthewardrobevintage but I think I’ve got it now.

Colorado Springs is a great place for thrift stores and church sales so I’m looking forward to finding more goodies. For me the best part is getting to collect [...]