Like any other self-respecting, seasonally driven Pinterester, I’ve spent the better part of the past month searching the interwebs for fall-filled recipes and holiday décor ideas. There were the pumpkin spice latte copycat recipes, the “12 ways to decorate with gourds” kind of posts and plenty of outfits involving riding boots and scarves. And I…
Archives for September 2014
Photo 37/52: Apple picking!
It’s officially fall in New England! Actually, I guess it’s officially fall everywhere in the northern hemisphere, but I must say that of all the places I’ve lived, fall around here feels particularly amazing and autumny. The air chills a littler sooner, the leaves change a little faster and sweaters can soon be unpacked. Woo hoo! It’s the…
Photo 36/52: Shadows and shade
A morning at the park made for some pretty pictures last week. Beany: Dancing with her shadow. There’s something so Peter Pan-esque about this shot. Bear: He’s such a good boy. Let his sister play and play and play while he happily dozed in the shade. If he only knew what fun awaits him once his little…
Photo 35/52: ‘I need to talk to my baby brother’
For the past three mornings in a row, Jared and I have woken to the sound of Beany’s little voice coming through the baby monitor. “It’s another day! I need to talk to my baby brother. Hi, my big boy! Did you have good dreams? I will give you my buddies.” This is our cue to…
Photo 34/52: Picnics
Picnics are one of Beany’s favorite things to do these days. What’s not to love about packing a lunch and eating outside, right? Actually, I think the newfound love stems from her newfound obsession with lunchboxes, which, quite logically, stems from her newfound fascination with school. Here’s a typical household conversation as of late: Beany: “I can’t go…
Tarts are for dreamers: Blueberry nectarine tarts
I think most people, buried in the to-do lists of their day-to-day lives, probably have some sort of pipe dream, an “I’ll do this someday when life slows down and the timing is right” sort of thing, that they keep coming back to when day jobs get too busy, overwhelming or stressful, and they just…