This was one of my absolute favorite books when I was little…(odd, I know)

Not sure where I got it, or who gave it to me. But I’m thankful for it.

It’s a small book, all of about 10 pages – but I was fascinated with it for some reason.  The words, the illustrations.

It’s very sweet. lovely. and insightful.

I still have it and wanted to share a page out of it….. Read the rest of this entry →

Madeline was first to notice the burst of sunshine in the yard this weekend.

They literally must have popped up overnight, because I swear they weren’t there the day before… Read the rest of this entry →

I know. I say it all the time.

“Make a mess.”  ”Play with it.”  ”Don’t be afraid to experiment.”

My daughter obviously takes this to heart.

Her ‘office’ here at our office is in what you would call a continual state of creative distress….. (as is mine, but this isn’t about that……)

This morning, I was going to offer up the space to Chad’s daughter, Ryer, who was hanging with him, but discovered one messy experiment after another and INSTEAD marked off the area with CAUTION tape. Read the rest of this entry →

Dinner and homework can wait.

“It’s about time you guys got here…”

We were a bit late getting home from work as usual but instead of heading straight into the house, maddie and I ditched our bags under the tree and headed  towards the pond.

There was something we needed to investigate. Read the rest of this entry →

Between building booths, creating projects, event presentations, and nurturing seedlings..I haven’t been able to squeeze in much computer time….but it’s definitely been one heck of a  fun-filled week!

We had a fabulous time at the Natural Living Expo this weekend.  Jon and Chad did a bang-up job of getting our booth all set and ready — it was definitely a good representation of who we are and how we do things so it made it an ‘organic’ place for us all to hang for a couple of days.

(I always joke about how I’m a bit of a hermit/recluse…and as much as I do LOVE to retreat to my quiet, peaceful digs of home and work; I also really enjoy getting out amongst the crowds on occasion and meeting new people and reacquainting with familiar faces.) Had a great time chatting with the folks at the Back to Basics Stage, sharing ideas, talking about projects, hearing the things they too are doing….When Nature Calls is one of my favorite presentations right now for some reason and I always get excited about sharing it.

To help people take action on some gardening efforts at their own homes, ‘Thrive’ was generous enough to share their natural product with the first 1000 who stopped by our booth..we gave away an heirloom seed kit courtesy of Eldorado Heirloom Seeds…my mom and all of us enjoyed chatting up ‘growing’, ‘building’, and all kinds of natural goodness with everyone while my daughter madeline kept things busy at the mud bar….

All in all…Gr8 event.

(There was also one of those ‘flash mob’ thingies…a hip-happenin’ trend I guess that I’m obviously way behind on…)

Other fun things I’ve been playing around with…

scrap rugs

scrap bed

scrap headboard

scrap lamp….can you sense a theme here?

scrappy side tables….with a touch of  nature

natural accessories

and much more……

(YES, I will most certainly be sharing more deets and all the how-to lowdown on all the above mentioned projects and then some…)

but I’ve got to tend to some work in the garden first — which is where I’m headed to next….

Cheers to all the meetin’, greetin’ and makin’ that’s been going on in YOUR life…

Life is good.  Let us all enjoy (or at the very least make the most of) every moment.

michele.