Our old farmhouse had dilapidated wide plank flooring that was worth saving; those boards embody history you can feel in your toes. So one New England summer I was on a mission. It had been six long weeks. Three of research: internet, calls, emails. Three of sharpening and scraping: inch by inch, board by board. Read more–the […]
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Discovering Cookie was a huge excitement on our little New England farm last month. The next gray tree frog sighting was just as monumental, albeit, well a Crumb of a Cookie… He was amazingly docile and calm, only jumping out of her hand a few times but, for the most part, letting her hold him and
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You probably won’t be surprised to know that I truly love my old wide-plank wood floors in our 200-year-old farmhouse. But you may be surprised why. EDITED TO ADD: This is just the first of many articles about our old farmhouse floors and our 220-year-old New England farmhouse. Go here for the rest of the
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So your kid might wanna start a blog? Read on for inspiration. Scroll to the bottom for 3 tips that will enable to you help your child start blogging like a pro. You’ll love this post too–> Secrets to encouraging your child as an entrepreneur On hot summer afternoons when I was 11, I would
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Watching a daughter make homemade pizza in our beehive oven tonight reminded me of something… But before I tell you about that, I should explain that my sourdough pizza crust recipe is right here. While this post is really about all about how to encourage our children to discover what they’re passionate about, our family’s
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We pass a lot of things on to our kids, but what do we really give them when we pass on a love for gardening? I have been pondering this a lot lately… It arrived via Fed Ex today. Shinny and ready to use. She was so excited. She couldn’t wait to fill it.
A perennial, paternal harvest Read More »
Nature Studies have always been an intimate, intricate part of our family. First, as part of our elementary years of homeschooling, but then as a part of a family heirloom that my teen daughters still add to today, almost 2 decades after it all started. Read on if you’d like to know more about our family’s
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I love perusing the photo card after she has borrowed my camera. Her 11-year-old perspective is fascinating. The angles she uses. The backgrounds she chooses. And the subjects she gravitates towards. Love seeing the world through a daughter’s eyes. Just need to stop and do it more often. And not only through images on a camera card. I need to allow
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My daughter made my Grandma’s Strawberry Pie today. It was a long time in the making. But I’m so thankful we weren’t in any rush at all. DISCLOSURE: This post contains affiliate links. ♥ The Secret to Amazing Strawberry Pie? I think that may be the secret to perfect-every-time, made-from-scratch fresh strawberry pie… take it slowly. Something
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I assured her many times. She did not need to water her newly planted fruits today. Buckets of rainfall had provided a deserved respite from her arduous chore. She had carried watering cans, carted hoses and sprinklers, and inspected her plantings every day for two weeks. Having mini orchards to call her own had been a dream
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