happy stuff.

this year for thanksgiving, we decided not to travel.  we were able to spend time with mr. h-s’s parents last weekend, so we didn’t feel totally deprived of family connections.  instead, a large group of friends gathered to share a meal together.  in the tradition of this group of friends, of course, we couldn’t just [...]

a week ago (or has it now been longer?), i received a surprise package in the mail from alkelda.  she’s a big fan of origami* and since i’ve been thinking about bugs and buggy decorations for next summer’s library program, i asked her if she knew of any easy origami bug patterns.  i figured maybe [...]

this weekend, mr. h-s’s parents are visiting us.  yesterday, we were playing the requisite hand-and-foot marathon (card game) and i called for a “20-minute branch break” to go outside, enjoy the beautiful weather and haul some of the brush out to the curb (we had some trees taken down this week).  it ended up being [...]

i’ve been wanting to get some good pictures of frost, so this morning when i noticed the white hue on the ground at the park across the street from my house, i bundled up and headed out the door.  i’m not sure these photos are exactly what i was looking for (maybe there needs to [...]

i know i blogged about stripey tights before, but this is a different pair and i just recently got a simple gray wool skirt that looks soooooo cute with this pair of tights that i just had to show you a picture.  i went to a workshop today and got so many compliments on the [...]

so, i don’t normally link to other people’s blogs–especially blogs of people i don’t know and that i don’t normally read and of posts that are almost a year old but….. a link to this post showed up on craftzine’s blog and i just love it.  i just had to show it to you all. [...]

sort of last minute today, i decided that i would go take care of one of my upcoming class assignments.  that involved visiting the children’s area of a library–not my own–and noting some things about the way they have things organized, their programs, etc….  i chose to visit a library that’s about an hour drive [...]

this weekend was my church’s wonderful annual women’s retreat.  my favorite weekend of the year, it’s really just a 24-hour retreat, but everyone who goes enjoys the opportunity to relax, read, sleep, walk, chat, craft, snack and generally do whatever we need to do to rejuvenate.  this year, i enjoyed a “photo-meandering” walk around the [...]

for the past few days, on the way in to work, i’ve been watching this one tree turn brighter and brighter orange. today, it was solid orange and against a bright blue sky the contrast was beautifully striking. today was my last toddler time for the year and two little brothers (and their mom) brought [...]