The surprises of being a mom…
The other morning, our house got unusually quiet. I went upstairs to see why, half-expecting something to be wrong. But what I found was my daughter sitting in the sunshine…
Reaching for it yourself…
Sunset in the Tahoe mountains. “It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives,…
Words to grow by…
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. ~Bernard M. Baruch and The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its…
The music outside my daughter’s window…
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~Berthold Auerbach For more “Wordful” / Wordless Wednesday fun, stop by Parenting by Dummies, 5MinutesforMom, A Beautiful Mess, and…
Going green, photography, some great posts and an article you don’t want to miss…
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you had a great week. Mine’s been a little crazy with holiday parties, getting ready for Christmas, and my daughter coming down with pneumonia, poor…
A great giveaway–just in time for the holidays!
My blogging friend Robin from Around the Island–who happens to be an accomplished fine art and nature photographer–has recently begun making photoverse prints. The prints combine her photography with verses,…
Gorgeous island flowers…
I took these close-ups when we were in Oahu recently. The flowers there are gorgeous. My favorite ones are the white ones in the last photo; they’re…
Pearl Harbor – A Visit to Remember
While we were on our vacation in Oahu recently, we visited Pearl Harbor. We took a short boat ride out to the USS Arizona Memorial — the site where the…