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Tuesday, December 27th, 2011In trying to decide how to make Christmas Day special for our little growing family of three (and a half), we decided that it would be great to just spend the day together. Not just all in the same house at the same time, but actually physically together. Typically, daddy works during the day, mommy [...]
Christmas Family Traditions: Decorating Gingerbread Houses
Sunday, December 25th, 2011With the lebkuchen baked, cut and assembled into a readily waiting village of houses, we were all set for the fun: decorating! A family Christmas Eve tradition with my family growing up was to go to 4pm Mass, then come right home for a quick dinner and then the highlight of the evening–gingerbread house decorating! [...]
Christmas Family Traditions: Making Lebkuchen
Saturday, December 24th, 2011‘Tis the season for love, laughter, family, and traditions. This year is a very special year for us in this regard. It is our first Christmas in our very own home, and one of our first Christmas seasons as parents. These two key factors led us to decide to stay home this year and begin [...]
Let the Wild Rumpus Start! Madeline’s 2nd Birthday Party
Saturday, December 17th, 2011One of the reasons I’ve been absent from this space for so long is that I’ve been crafting like a fiend. My mind has no limit to the number of interesting and cool or functional crafts I could do, and it seems that just as I pare down my crafting to-do list to just a [...]
Cuddly Finds a Home
Thursday, August 11th, 2011We have a new favorite book in our home library. This book is not just any old book, though… it’s special in so many ways. It was a gift from GrandDude and GrandPrincess, given to us (but mostly Maddie) when they visited last week. The book is called Cuddly Finds a Home, and not only [...]
Crisp, Crumble, Cobbler…
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011My favorite late summer activity in our new house is definitely picking berries! I have been absolutely reveling in the abundant berries that ripen each day. I’ve been experimenting with baking creations, too. Today I went out to pick berries, thinking that since we had completely picked through the blueberries and blackberries the past 3 [...]
Late Summer Berry Bliss
Thursday, August 4th, 2011We just returned from a week’s vacation in the form of Ashtanga Yoga teacher training (for me) and camping trip (for all three of us) in Burlington, Vermont. We had an absolutely amazing time, and I will post more about the yoga teacher training in the coming days. Coming home was both wonderful (there’s nothing [...]
Garden Protection Lies Within… The Matrix!
Monday, July 18th, 2011Having space for a big vegetable garden was high on our list of factors in deciding on the best spot to call home. Fortunately, with 9 acres, we have ample space for gardening and even managed to get two big plots tilled this year. We planted 20 mounds of winter squash (buttercup, butternut, hubbard, and [...]
Back to Blogging
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011It has been decided. I’m going to get back into this blogging thing and post regularly! I’ve had quite a hiatus from Heart of Nature and it’s time to come back. I’ve given it a lot of thought, too. I haven’t just been sitting around these past four (four!) months… life has been amazingly busy, [...]
The Great White
Monday, February 28th, 2011I don’t know why people are so frightened of Maine winters. Yes, it’s cold… but it’s winter! Bundle up and you’ll be fine! I have been loving this, my first Maine winter, mostly because of the abundance of beautiful, sparkling white snow!! After a fairly long stretch of no snow, during which the snow mounds [...]
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