Felt like summer: wearing shorts to school, enjoying morning coffee on the back patio Looked like spring: a neighbor’s pink tree at the bus stop, our budding trees in the back yard. Tomorrow? 58 degrees and rainy. I guess April is back. As an aside, I totally think I need a pink tree in my […]
Read More: Pink Tree Envy
Yesterday the youngest Clarke turned six. Partying was done, fun was had. And today we have the dishes in the sink to prove it. What a beautiful day it is, today. We’ve got Spring Break this week, but if the weather report is to be believed, much of it will be chilly, rainy, and gloomy. […]
Read More: Birth days
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 […]
Read More: Firsts, lasts, milestonesOpening the car windows on a sunny day, driving through the countryside while singing along to an appropriate soundtrack; stopping the car so that we may admire the green of the trees, the blue of the sky, the smell of the summer, with the wind at our feet; taking the opportunity to procure a small […]
Read More: Church of summer
(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 was able […]
Read More: In a nutshellSince 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:
Read More: Buried in the sand
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 happier boy […]
Read More: Swamp folk
I had some sewing planned for today. For starters, I wanted to fix my duvet cover, which I did finish after midnight last night, only to find that I had somehow measured my bedspread as being 20 inches longer than it really was. I have all of this extra material now, and will have to […]
Read More: Change of plans
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 […]
Read More: Strawberries, strawberries, everywhere
I’m back. Miss me? We surprised the boys with a trip to Ocean City, NJ this weekend. We had been there at the end of March last year, and although it was really cold and our hotel was kind of run-down and a bit of a walk to the boardwalk and the downtown area, we […]
Read More: Adventures by the sea
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