Archive for excursions

An end to the (almost) silence

Whew.  Glad that’s over.  Interesting as it was to try and take reasonably compelling photos of everyday tasks and let them speak for themselves here, I do prefer being able to sit down for a while in the evenings with my thoughts and share a bit.  And that includes words.  Often many of them.
So, I’m [...]

WoFW: Thursday

For Week of Few Words. After a slow start involving a Wii that is going under our tree this year but clearly needed to be taken for a test drive - just to make sure it works properly.  further testing may be required. you know how it is.  - I managed to cross some things [...]

Obligations

Neil spent the weekend at Philcon, and while he was there, his hotel room was going largely unused.  The boys and I felt obligated not to let that hotel money go to waste, of course, so we took one for the team, packed ourselves up, and drove ninety minutes south on Friday after school.

Ninety minutes [...]

Noticing

I was struck yesterday by the small ways in which I’ve changed since I began blogging more regularly.  I was working on my jewelry display, deciding where things would go for that night’s vendor fair, and putting hang tags on items that needed them, when I saw it:  a picture that needed taking.  And it [...]

Firsts, lasts, milestones

Today I went to the farm.  I was looking for zinnias and honeycrisp apples like last year, but there were no apples to be had.  It was disappointing, but I did manage to come home with something else nifty:  my first ever batch of farm-fresh multi-colored eggs!
Yeah, I know.  Where have I been not to [...]

Milestones and the tote bags to hold them in

Hey there. Didja miss me? Wednesday morning I hopped into a van with two baby boomers, four young boys, and a cooler full of snacks, and began barrelling down route 78 on our way to Lancaster County, PA. It was an enjoyable trip with many stops along the way to keep us [...]

In a nutshell

(A rather large nutshell, apparently) Here’s what’s been happening in our Polka Dot Cottage for the last few days:

First, we finally took that evening beach trip I’d promised the kids. Various factors had been keeping us from going for the last few weeks, but Wednesday we managed to do it. And Neil [...]

Buried in the sand

Since it seems that today is going to be much busier than I originally thought, and I don’t know when I’ll actually be able to sit down and string together more than 15 words, I’ll let Boring Office Guy have the floor, so he can tell you all about his (day trip) vacation:

Swamp folk

Sometimes it’s handy living in such close proximity to a wildlife refuge. Lately it’s been our go-to place when we’re needing a change of scenery. Today, after listening to an hour of one child micromanaging the other’s every move, and after trying unsuccessfully to get him to see that he’d be a much [...]

Strawberries, strawberries, everywhere

On this beautiful Summer morning, two moms and four kids piled into a van and headed out to pick strawberries in New Jersey’s North West corner.

Between us, we had four boxes, one for each kid to carry and fill, and we set to work finding the most succulent red fruit we could get our hands [...]