Monthly Archives: May 2009

Catch of the day

Photo with special ”salty sea” filter. (yeah Levi’s cell phone lens was all fogged up) The boys are back from the ocean with a mess of fresh halibut & crab.  On the menu tonight: Crab chowder, panko breaded halibut & crab won-tons. Windy Ridge Crab Chowder Ingredients 5 cups potatoes diced (we leave the peelings on) 3...

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Picture perfect

What Sonia captured here is perfect.  My mind can weave a complete story & design an entire collection from this photo alone. Little Selwyn is modeling the Cobblestone Collection.

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Cobblestone for the boys

Finally!  Why do I take so long when I have 5 boys of my own to dress?  What an honor to have Sonia from Bohemian Secret shoot photos for eden’s bouquet!  She has the most beautiful boys & her photos evoke a  magical “old time” feeling that is perfect for eden’s.  I could sit and gaze at...

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Unexpected visitors

I should have known.   When the donkey & the dog went racing past my office I knew that visitors had arrived.  I had a sneaking suspicion that dad had brought his guests, Myron & Karla from South Dakota, through the woods to tour Windy Ridge.  I was right.  I instantly regretted spending the day painting instead of housekeeping.  “Anyone...

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Yee-haw!

Violet loves Emili.  It freaks me out a bit.  She has absolutely no fear of animals.  I am always afraid that Emili will accidentally step on Violet, so when I see her getting too close I will run out to warn her.  Violet reacts by giggling and swinging off the donkey’s tail.  I flap my wings hysterically.

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Jon & Sue: rehearsal snapshots

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A perfect day

Today was perfect in it’s own way.  A productive, happy day.  I didn’t get everything done on my list(not even close), but I had fun trying.  A day devoted to feathering my nest & mothering.  Even the weather was perfect.  Sunshiny with a gentle breeze to carry the children’s cheerful chatter(Oh! Alliteration!)to my ears. I sent the little boys...

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What a night

I was awakened at 2 am this morning by Sabra’s frantic whispering. “Mom, Macy had her kittens on top of me!” Oh my. It never fails, Macy always manages to get to Sabra’s bed when the birthing hour arrives.   Too exhausted to deal with feline midwifery,  I told Sabra to grab a blanket and sleep...

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Her name is…

          The winner is: CHRISTY LANNON Thank you so much for helping us name our baby girl!   We cannot picture her name as anything but Hazel.  Jean is my mom’s name and it goes beautifully as a middle name.  Thank you so much to everyone that took the time to enter name...

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