We all enjoyed Michael's birthday yesterday. We began with granola for breakfast -- made by Rachel as a present.
After lunch we took the kids bowling -- we've never taken them before and they LOVED it!!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Green Scene -- #9
Green Paint -- I'm ending this series with the photo that I had planned to begin with. Green is a prominent paint color in our house as it is on the walls of the kitchen, dining area, and our bedroom. It is a very soothing green and goes well with just about anything.
This painting hangs in our dining area. For the first 30 years of my life it hung in my Grandmother's dining area. It is one of my uncle's early paintings, and Grandma told me I could have it after her death. It reminds me of many happy meals at Grandma's.
This painting hangs in our dining area. For the first 30 years of my life it hung in my Grandmother's dining area. It is one of my uncle's early paintings, and Grandma told me I could have it after her death. It reminds me of many happy meals at Grandma's.
Today is Michael's birthday so we are celebrating with a family day. We may introduce the children to bowling. Everyone is just about over their flu. Poor Em is still off work with hers and I'm coming down with the cold part (so far I have escaped the fever).
Thursday, March 26, 2009
From the Farm
It was my turn to take some Kristin Nicholas pictures yesterday when I went to the farm.
The sheep weren't quite sure about me, but the lambs didn't mind scampering over for a little chat:
The sheep weren't quite sure about me, but the lambs didn't mind scampering over for a little chat:
Then I went to see the cows. I just loved this view. It makes me think of my childhood and my earliest years in Vermont -- the blue silos, the musky smell of cows (not too strong) and that earthy smell of spring.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Green Scene -- #8
My Wardrobe -- Green definately appears frequently in my wardrobe (and in my little collection of purses). It's funny, since I never really liked green growing up, or as a teenager. Now green is on the walls of my kitchen, dining room and bedroom, and a prominent feature in my wardrobe (it's become my favorite color).
I do believe the brown grass is beginning to green up. Hooray for spring! I'm on the way to the farm today, to pick up milk.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Celebrating Susan's Birthday
Sunday afternoon we celebrated the birthday of a friend of ours. Christina hosted us in her lovely sunroom.
Here's the birthday girl -- Susan:
Everything said "spring!":
Here's the birthday girl -- Susan:
Everything said "spring!":
Mom just painted this adorable duck for Christina:
Christina made the cake from our favorite Hershey's Chocolate Cake recipe, filled it with jam and topped it with whipped cream to which she added cocoa powder. Christina and I ate berries with cream and the chocolate cream was as good as having chocolate cake.
I'm working on Nutkin socks:
JK and Susan were the only ones not knitting. However, Susan is eager to learn and so we'll get her started soon!
Rachel is down with the flu now and the boys are still recovering. This flu lasts a long time! Andrew's on his 10th day! He's mainly recovered, and the boys are happy enough, but they're still contagious.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Our Life, Recently
It seems there are a number of things I've been wanting to blog about and haven't yet. Andrew recently completed a little quilt. He sewed the top together on the sewing machine and I helped him to bind it together. He really enjoyed this project and kindly gave the quilt to Rachel for her doll:
Our Knit Night was a success last week with 9 of us in attendance. Three ladies learned to knit and we are looking forward to next month already:
Our Knit Night was a success last week with 9 of us in attendance. Three ladies learned to knit and we are looking forward to next month already:
Goodwill had their 50% off sale on Saturday. I was there, bright and early but hardly found a thing at the first store. Later on in the day Christina and I found a great selection of sweaters for crafting and I found one treasure to wear: a vintage Peck & Peck Fifth Avenue orange wool cardigan. I love it!
The selection includes a cashmere and cotton blend, cotton in gray, thin pink wool, chunky pink and white mix, a lovely merino in cream as well as some acrylic in gray from Gap, which I think will still make something nice.
We had a whirlwind visit from Daniel & Crystal and Kyleigh and Micah & Molly (Daniel and Micah are Michael's brothers) on Friday night. It was nice for the cousins to see each other:
Saturday, March 21, 2009
We did it!
Despite our busy day, we managed to sit down for our annual Spring Tea!
We used the traditional spring tablecloth, with the flowers of spring embroidered around the edge:
And we drank from our Easter egg colored cups:
We used the traditional spring tablecloth, with the flowers of spring embroidered around the edge:
And we drank from our Easter egg colored cups:
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