So when I went to start collecting highlight photos for 2023, I ended up with 418. Way too much for one post! So my year will be broken up into two posts: one a mostly indoor and knitting life post and the other will be the outdoorsy adventure life. The last year or so (maybe…
Tag: family
And This Mama Can’t Say Anything
What is that thing they say about karma? Last week, my adult son sent me this text message: Our local ski slopes had opened up for the season and he had preemptively taken off a few days from work. Just like his mom, he wasn’t going to wait around for friends with the…
A COVID Family Christmas At Saint Edwards State Park
There is nothing like the holidays and end of the year for reflection. As I have been sorting through thousands of images to re-upload to the website, I ran across these pictures from three years ago of my family at Christmas during the height of COVID. We had decided to not celebrate…
Expectancy Not Expectations
Ah, the holiday season. No matter what you celebrate (or don’t), this time of year can be full of expectations. Not that the rest of the year isn’t full of expectations but they sure do seem to magnify in the month of December. The other day I heard the expression: “Expectancy, not expectations,” and it…
The Greatest Gift of All
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree (Or Why The Holidays Are Sometimes Crap)
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…