in the woods

max had my camera out during a hike in the woods this past week...

he took some really beautiful photos and told me tales of wild things growing like mayflowers and garlic mustard.

he's a fine guy, that max. a funny little park guide//tree photographer//stick collector.

sending you all lots of love and goodness, sunday-style!

xoxo

5 favorites of fall

 i can hardly believe october is nearly over. i'm trying to soak up every last bit.

 this week we're counting down our favorite things about this time of year!

colorful fall leaves are tops!

and ohio has some of the most beautiful.

we don't have any trees of our own (or anyways, the one in the backyard's leaves doesn't change colors or fall. hmph!). there are times when the least reasonable side of myself wants to sneak trash bags full of leaves from the neighbors yard to sprinkle on our own. 

there are a few days left this month, and plenty of november...it might still happen.

happy monday, loves!

i would love to hear your favorite parts of the season!

light breezes seems to whisper

it's taken me years of listening to myself to realize that i need a little solitude every now and again.
time with myself...my thoughts..the silence around me.
most times i find it in small ways...like in the morning when the boys are still asleep or while alone in the car on my way to and from places.
and sometimes i find it in deliberatly special ways.
sometimes i like to wine and dine myself.
get out the fancy glasses, pile up some strawberries on a cake plate, splurge on a new $1 crossword puzzle book and frosted animal crackers, find a place to stake my claim for an hour, and sit and just be.

i found myself in what seemed like my own little secret garden last night..fresh after an evening thunderstorm. i took pictures and watched the sun set and toasted to the brilliance that life can be...to my max who seems like worlds away...to the simple goodness of sipping through a paper straw or wringing out a rain-soaked hem.
and then i sat. and i listened.

eddie veder- dream a little dream

i hope you all can go stake a claim on an hour for yourself this week.

pull out all the stops for yourself...and don't forget the animal crackers.

<3

explorers

tree limb canopies and confetti fields

summertime in ohio is the loveliest