Earlier this week, LP and I were visiting with our neighbor, M and her dog. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon to sit in her backyard. M and I were enjoying coffee and a chat, her dog was curled up in my lap while LP romped around the yard. After too few minutes there, LP [...]
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Improvised Garden Treasure Hunt
Posted in activity, outdoors, play on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
String Things
Posted in outdoors, spontaneity on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of my garden projects this spring is creating a bean teepee. I set it up a few weeks ago with one scarlett runner bean seedling that LP chose at the nursery and many pots that LP & I planted with sugar snap peas. LP has been disatisfied with the amount of string on the [...]
November Challenges
Posted in misc., NaNoWriMo, outdoors on November 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
1) National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Last year I thought there was no way I could possibly write 50,000 words in a month. Signing up (and being public about it) was the best and loudest YES to doing the impossible I could think of. It was a great and crazy ride and I made it…finished [...]
Outdoor Kitchen
Posted in activity, crafts, outdoors on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This idea is borrowed from our friends down the block. Last week when LP & I went over to play, her friend E showed us his outdoor kitchen. I thought it was a brilliant idea AND we have a lot of old building supplies hanging around (cinder blocks, slate slabs, bricks). Since we rent and [...]
A Little Peace in the Pod
Posted in misc., musings, outdoors on June 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This past week has been going on for years. There has been a lot of screaming from LP and a lot of insomnia from me (I’m not sure if there is a direct relationship or if those are two things that just happen to be going on simultaneously). A fairly disastrous combination. She is tired [...]
Happiness is Mud
Posted in activity, outdoors, play on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Spring has come at last…and nothing is better than celebrating with mud. LP & I made a fine mud puddle in a corner of the yard and set to play with it. Mud painting was the biggest hit with her on this day. That’s my favorite kind of play. Open-ended and messy. The mud puddle [...]
