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Holidays Around the Fire

So we had a unusually  warm holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it was on a chilly night Enric invited us around the fire. Not a holiday decorated fireplace in the house, no, the firepit in our cold back yard.

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Autumn Leaves and Kids

Oh how we love pumpkin season. You did know this gourd-ish squash has its own season, right? Winter, Spring, Summer, Pumpkin…. We anxiously anticipate it every year. ~Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, October 2010 I love pumpkin season, so happy to be here for part of it.   “And God said, “Let...

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Autumn Drive

Besides seeing my precious family, another reason to come back to Maryland was my favorite time of year. I came back at the peak of autumn colors! My apologies and thanks to  my son Miquel, who did all the driving and put up with me!  🙂

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Riding While Laura Drives

  But I am so grateful that I can see The wonder of it all… The splendor of experiencing God’s paintbrush in the Fall. ~ Joan Cronin Damiano Laura has had her permit for a while now. It’s hard on parents when their children get their learning permits. I am...

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Silas and the Leaves

We have a lot of trees on our little acre. Which means this time of year, we have a lot of LEAVES! Silas made this one pile his play area the other day. He really didn’t want his picture taken, but I couldn’t resist.

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An Autumn Walk

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot   Today the weather was so autumn perfect, Laura and I decided to take a walk with a little cranky Rubí. I think...

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Christmas Comes Early!

As a Christmas present to my mom, my children, and myself, I flew Enric, Miranda, and Silas in from Wisconsin to visit us! Silas is getting so big! Enric tinkered around the house and car to check things out that aren’t working 100% or at all. 🙂 Miranda and Silas

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Walks With John

Being John’s last full day, and having walked nearly as far as our legs would allow us, we spent it close to home, but again walking. Anyone who knows me even a little, knows that I love to walk and use this time for thinking, and when walking with someone,...

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Saga of the Leaves

Living in an acre with a lot of trees just can be intimidating at best this time of year. Fortunately, with only a few leaves still hanging on to the branches, we got a lot of help today. Crazy Andrew came and started helping us and the Nutwell family followed....

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Still Deep in Leaves

November is often just thought to be about Thanksgiving…but here in Maryland, it’s also about the LEAVES. We’re still trying to keep up with the falling leaves. Here Laura demonstrates the yard we raked clean only a few days ago, being done AGAIN. From a point of the yard looking...

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November Leaves

The glory of October and early November ends, and brings us to this task. I swear, today they fell faster than they could be raked up.

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Autumn

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ~Albert Camus Even though I complain a lot about Maryland weather, while living here, this is the season I live for… The back yard Out my front window Leaves in the pool