This morning Isabella woke up in a pretty good mood for a change. Before I could even get her to the changing table, she heard the lawn crew outside and demanded to be put down. She raced to the kitchen window and lifted the shade to watch the...
I just discovered Untangling Tales a new (to me) blog about storytelling, fables, and fairytales via a comment lift by the blogger in a recent thread at Words, words. She links to an interesting essay about changelings in European folklore...
A few more of the photos I took during last Sunday’s apple picking. These are the “arty” ones that didn’t seem to belong in the other post. I’m rather pleased with the way they all came out. And a little hungry now too...
While I was taking snapshots last Sunday, Dom was wielding the video camera. He put together a lovely little video that captures the whole day quite well from a riotous trolley ride (we took up a whole car) to goodbye hugs from the cousins while...
Isabella reads Eric Carle’s classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, to herself, chanting, “Yummy, yummy, yummy,” all the while. I think she gets the gist of it quite well without mommy’s help! Is that last look saying...
A short clip of Bella at her favorite pursuit: standing on the radiator knob and looking out the window. With commentary by Bella.
Dom took this video of Isabella earlier this summer.
I just finished reading Caddie Woodlawn last night and had to share this passage that I loved. Caddie’s parents have allowed her to be a tomboy; but now she’s on the verge of growing up, afraid to change, to give up her wild ways and yet...
I don’t normally post YouTube videos; but this one has been haunting me and I felt I should share. It’s a song by a French Canadian folk band called Mes Aieux, which means “my ancestors” or “my forebearers”. The...
It’s been a pretty quiet week on the blog. I can’t believe it’s Friday already and I haven’t posted anything since Sunday. I had so many entries planned that never got written. Here’s a run down of what’s been...
