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On Friday night, we arrived home from a week at the ocean. Considering how frightening and worrisome the past month and a half has been for my family, I was sure we were ready for a happy adventure. A visit to the sea seemed like just the thing to recharge our spirits. Looking back, I…
p i c t u r e d :: february
View from our back porch. A brunchy bit of sunshine. Snuggled. Birthday party treasure hunt clue on the back porch. Wrapped! Bright eyes. Warming her furry, little feline toes. xo emily (Instagram @redbirdcrafts)
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* disco ball reflection* colors* organizing our children’s library* birthday sunshine* my dream house (drawn by my daughter)* a dance class circle xo emily
p i c t u r e d :: holidays!
* cloves, cardamom, black pepper, etc. for our homemade chai masala. *little teapot cards for our chai gifts *our jars of chai packed and ready to go *gray, gray, gray, and beautiful. #nofilter *cat in a basket. *someone couldn’t put it down. here, she is literally lost in a book. *packing it all up on…
p i c t u r e d :: Boston
A collaborative sculpture made of twigs and colorful masking tape hanging in the Boston Children’s Museum studio. All set up and ready to lead a project in the Boston Children’s Museum studio. Those chairs were filled all morning long. The evening sky after my event at the Village Toy Shop in Canton. The sky was…
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* A beautiful cake brought to my house by a beautiful friend. * Before the storm. * Bird parts * A love note from the trees. * Spotted in the library. (the kind librarian offered to lend it to me even though it is a reference book) * My little friend sat on my lap…
p i c t u r e d :: this week
* Treasures found while thrifting. (i couldn’t walk away from queen anne’s lace) * Two of my daughter’s many collections. (most of which aren’t as tidy as these two) * Our kitty, taking advantage of laundry day. (blanket cloud) * On a morning walk. (farm, forest, bike path, road) * A gentle reminder. (after…
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* warm tea and a long conversation with a friend * Sunday knitting * a welcoming reminder in the front drive of our friend’s house * cat in a box * wet branches * she ended up looking sad, but also bright and blooming. We’ve been coping with a persistent and unfriendly bug that…
p i c t u r e d :: late summer
* We found love under a tree. * A blue cake with colorful chocolate coated sunflower seeds for my sweet niece. * A summer afternoon with cousins. * Champagne boats each with a fresh picked raspberry waiting to be filled with Prosecco. We were toasting the sale of my childhood home and celebrating the newest…
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* I found this tiny nest — maybe a hummingbird’s — in the center of the road while running around Tuscarora Lake in NY. * Flowers on my lap on the way to a friend’s house. * Corn fields, on an evening drive to town.* Just down the road.* Beautiful golden…
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*We spent last weekend cleaning out my belongings from my childhood home. I’ll write more about that experience in another post. In the meantime, here are two friendship bracelets that I made during one summer. I know there were many, many more, but these are the only two that survived. * Sunset as we were…
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* Choices, choices, choices. As someone who wears glasses from the time I wake until I close my eyes at night, choosing new frames is a big deal. And, actually, a frustrating deal too. Does anybody wish to commiserate with me? * This is the newest addition to my vintage children’s book collection. It was…
p i c t u r e d {summer reflection series}
This photograph is a family favorite. It rests in a frame on my daughter’s bookshelf. Her grandparents at the lake often speak of “the photograph of the marshmallow on the mountain” and the magic of roasting her first one. Thank you for joining me this week as I spent time with some of my…
p i c t u r e d {summer reflection series}
Local peaches mean the end of summer around these parts. This means that I was feeling sad and happy in this moment before my first bite. Each day this week, I’ll post a summer photograph from the past four years. The photographs that I’ve chosen show some of my favorite summer treats and moments. My…
