Happy new year!

I cannot think of a better way to toast in the new year than to hurtle downhill on a sled. Wild, silly fun. Bean’s grin spreading like sunshine across his face. DH laughing, truly in the moment and content, just before he bites snow for the hundredth time. The heat of our breath rising up […]

I posted over at Mama Says Om

This week’s theme made me pause. How does it speak to you?

What it is

Paint gets everywhere, on his legs, on the rough red of the patio bricks, on the paper, and I nod. “Yes,” I say, “Yes that’s awesome! Do some more.” And he grins, swirling the brush through the paint, confident in my pleasure.
He swipes the paper with a bold stroke of red, thick as jelly, […]

Wild creating

An empty page; rough sketch paper, then black paint in arcs. I have no idea what my creation will be. I rip paper, and find I’m drawn (after all-day rainstorms,) to the bright images of peoney blooms in a glossy magazine page. I press the shreds of the hot pink pentals onto the page, […]

Delightful

The theme at Mama Says Om this week is delight. Such perfect timing for today, when the weather is pure sun, the air mild and warm, and our feet bare. Bean helped me add some color to this little list of springtime goodness. He sat on the table, bare legged and chubby thighed, and pressed […]