Oh hello beautiful milkweed in the morning! You harbor transformation on your silky leaves (where monarchs lay their tiny eggs.) Thank you for showing us your beautiful little pink blossoms. (This walk was really just a roundabout trip to the laundromat behind the Staples shopping mall but beauty can happen in such unlikely places.)
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There is only one of you
There were roses everywhere. Now they are almost gone and withered away from the heat and rain. I’m glad I’ve been taking little snapshots of them when I’m out and about, I love how their petals resemble tiny hearts. I saved a few and pressed them in the pages of a book. Others I just …
tiny white bell flowers
I wish I knew the name of this flowering bush, its just so pretty and simple. I’m liking simple. Witnessed on a walk around town. Then I decided to do a quick, folksy rendition inspired by them in my sketchbook. EDIT: I figured out the name! It’s an old fashioned shrub, a Deutzia. Rare these …
strawberry season
strawberry fields on a sunny, perfect day. It’s strawberry time (finally!). This was our second time going this season! Such a wonderful event to do with a little one. And being in the berry fields in the sunshine is enough to forget any troubles. Now we are looking forward to blackberry/ raspberry season. Soon!
thankful
Green tea, fallen leaves and an autumn lake walk. The hurricane. I feel so fortunate we were only a few days without power, kept safe and nothing was damaged. The winds were strong and scary. Trees crashed in the near distance. Halloween came and went without a notice. But we are ok. Halloween was celebrated …
clover and primrose
…growing by the sea. Oh, we are having such a summer. I don’t care if it never, ever ends. Taking trips to the ocean is one of my favorite things to do so far. And we found a new spot! So peaceful and inspiring. I snuck away for some alone time while my husband and …
fields of clover
Hooray summertime is finally here! Today, in this sweltering heat, we went to the beach again but we have been spending most of our time outdoors at parks and such (and on my favorite meadow path which is quickly becoming my son’s favorite too). The wildflowers combined with the sounds of red winged black birds …
Museum Visit
Raindrops have been falling and filling our days with adventures of the most watery kind. And then, yesterday it happened. Yesterday was warm and humid and dare I say sunshine-filled. And today is even better. But, on the topic of rainy day adventures (sometimes the best kind!) we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, then …
you can find me at the sea…
If the rainy weather had not arrived this morning, today would of been another trip down to the ocean. Last week was our first visit of the season. I had forgotten how the ocean and sandy beach can be so inspiring, calm and healing. The crowds had not arrived to our tiny seaside destination just …
gray day strawberry picking (with a few sunny spots too)
So many adventures as-of-recent! I am awakening from a long slumber (and hopefully this blog is too). June begins the fruit picking season. Strawberries are first to ripen, then raspberries, peaches… I took my little one to the orchard a few days ago. The day was gray with a few sunny spots and so perfect …
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