One of our favorite things to do in the warm weather is to star gaze. Dave loves astronomy and one year for his birthday I bought him a fancy, dancy, honking, big telescope. We have dragged that thing to the beach, the mountains and a few lakes. The children love it. Our favorite place to […]
Archives for February 2007
Winter Craft
It is cold out. Not chilly or brisk. Bone chilling, mind numbing, painfully cold. So we aren’t venturing out much lately. However that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy nature. We won’t be building any fairy houses or taking any nature walks anytime soon but Dawn has done a great deal to inspire me to be […]
True Romance
On a recent Sunday we piled in a pew behind a lovely lady I know from the Christian Mothers group at my parish. She was with her husband, with whom she had raised six wonderful children. She fussed over the twins and I asked about her oldest grandchild, a beautiful young lady of sixteen who […]
The Feast of St. Brigid
As with all things to do with that Emerald Isle, we love St. Brigid’s day here in the Bonny Blue House. Especially now that we have our own bonny Bridget to celebrate with us. Alas, she slept through our little tea time – but there is always next year. So I set up a tea […]
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