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    Barn Dance

    Just because sometimes one needs to move. . . And another needs to smile (or even laugh in appreciation) at the silliness of it all. . . I share with you today. . . Jay Lavery’s Barn Dance. I dare you to dance a little yourself today (and every day…

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    Morning Walk – New Year’s Day

    In order to celebrate a proper closing of 2016 and ring in the New Year with a (relative) bang, some friends spent the night with us on New Year’s Eve with their three-year-old. The kids played and watched a couple of movies while we ate a Steam Pot, enjoyed desert,…

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    2016 into 2017

    2016 was quite a doozie, but they really all are, aren’t they? If we’re paying attention, staying present, pushing ourselves to learn more/do more/be more. . . If we’re standing firmly in our Learning Zone, open to new ideas and opportunities, growing, changing, evolving as people on this planet, then…

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    Warm December Days

    There is a cold front moving in as I type this but I can’t really complain. . . We have experienced an unseasonably warm December has been absolutely gorgeous! Light jackets, tons of sunshine, and plenty of opportunities for running / jumping / sweeping / watering /pure fun filled outside play.…

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    Let go…

    “This Autumn, let something die. A worry, a relationship, a project that has run its course. Let go of anxiety over the future. Let go of guilt. Let go of other people’s dreams for you. Let go of the fear that happiness or success or love or joyousness somehow isn’t…

  • Everything Else - Photography

    Autumn

    We could stand to get some moisture (there’s an unbelievable amount of dryness and dust beneath all of the goregousness) but I’ll wait just a bit longer so as to hold on to the grace that is the property as the sunlight washes over and dances upon every visible surface…

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    Red Delicious Apples

    There’s a gorgeous old apple tree on the property that is incredibly prolific and massive in size.  It maintains its green leaves and produces good sized apples much later in the season than the other trees and is home to the gorgeous Nuthatch bird I asked for your help identifying earlier this…