Our crew at the farm and their families joined us for one last backyard BBQ before it’s too cold to sit outside in the evening.
We munched on the usual organic hamburgers, brats, and dawgs. The salads were …
Our crew at the farm and their families joined us for one last backyard BBQ before it’s too cold to sit outside in the evening.
We munched on the usual organic hamburgers, brats, and dawgs. The salads were …
We made a new friend on our final-days-of-summer camping trip in the “smoky mountains.” (Idaho has been plagued with wildfires these past few weeks.)
The Autumnal Equinox already?? It barely feels like it around here (except for shorter days). So with temperatures still in the 80s, we’re heading to the beach. Well, beach for Idaho … the Salmon River is home to some of the most gorgeous white sandy beaches I’ve ever seen.
I’m packing the s’mores, the girls, sleeping bags, and our …
International Day of Peace (United Nations) is on Friday, September 21, 2012 … a rather touchy subject these days given current events and political campaigns. It’s clearly an important holiday to celebrate, but all things considered, I’m …
My hubby, Lucas, was in NYC on Tuesday while attending Market Week. He and the folks who make our bed linens and towels went to Ground Zero to pay tribute. I made some comment about how crowded it must have been. He said, “Yes, but it was quiet; even the cabbies were subdued.”
Here’s a one-minute time-lapse video of the rebirth of downtown New York City. The One World Trade Center is also known as the Freedom Tower.
We watched the farmer next to our house harvest his wheat a couple of days ago. Mia waved and yelled, “Thank you, farmer!” as he drove by in his combine.
It’s hard to believe that our little StellaJane started school this morning! To all of you embarking on the same, we hope your first day of school is a perfectly beautiful one!
Happy National Aviation Day!! While we aren’t celebrating the holiday in the air this year, we have spent a fair amount of time up there recently. And traveling is no longer a low-stress event—delays, canceled flights, lost luggage …
I have an entirely new appreciation for my parents getting me out of bed in the wee hours of the morning to board a plane and fly across the country. Now that I know what it entails, I have a few pointers I’ve picked up along the way …
For those of you who have children, grandchildren, and neighborhood kiddos, I’d like to pass along some parenting advice. Often, it’s the small, in-passing tidbits that are the biggest help. Here’s one I can’t wait to share …
It’s a Strider … a no-pedal balance bike.
Are you affected by the effect? I’m often guilty of this little one. I stumble on this every time it makes an appearance. My solution to this little problem of mine is remembering the first sentence of this paragraph. I am affected by the effect.
In other words, affect with an a is “to influence” and effect with an e is “a result.”
For instance …The electric fence really affected the cow. The effect was quite startling.
Or … I can’t believe that affected me so much … It has really had a profound effect on me.
And … New baby chicks affected our routines at the farm, but the effect of the baby chicks has been adorable!
Do you have any tricks for remembering context, spelling, meaning of words?