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It is no longer winter.

Over three months is a long time not too post. It is hard to know whether I should start again or just let the blog be. There have been a lot of snows, some really lovely days, and rain, all since January 15. And there has been a lot of life taking place. School done,...

math time.

It looks peaceful doesn’t it?  In one of our  home schooling days these moments last about 4-5 minutes, and then someone needs help with a new section of math, finding a missing crayon, pencil sharpener… a plea for less work is made… However short...

Haiti.

Just last year around this time our friends Suzanne and Chris were in Haiti bringing home their daughters, Lovely and Rosalynda. After 2 years of waiting for the girls, they were picking them up. I just keep thinking of the miracle that they are here safe with  Chris...

a pattern for knitting.

The Autumn/Winter of 2008, Toast catalog had some beautiful, simple hand warmers. Just lovely, anyway… when scrolling some blogs I found a free pattern for them. So, I must confess, basically all I have done is tweak the pattern to use smaller needles and change...

the beginning of the week.

making plans for the week. school starting back up, a visit to the library and the grocery store. searching for our “groove.”