life

Waking up and snuggling her dogs. Kenya, her dog that came from the heavens on her birthday, is quite the snuggler.

Snail fun. We had a rain this morning. The snails were out. She collected almost 20 of them and put them all on the hood of our car. Then, surprisingly, put them all back into their natural environment. I thought we would be keeping a few pet snails again.

We went to a baby shower. With lots of cool games to play. I went fishing and got this awesome light switch plate on my first casting. It is already installed in our hallway.

Watching gifts being opened and devouring the strawberries and whip cream off of a strawberry shortcake.

Ananda.....Bliss

Playing at St. Edwards Park for a bit.

Mastering the art of jumping and catching the rings independently!

Sitting beneath the owls

A Johari shot of the sky.

Our peach trees are ripening. Even though our trees may be somewhat sick with a parasite of some sort, we are still receiving the blessings of some delicious peaches.

Mmmmmmmmm

Johari picked out her "first" running shoes when we were at the resale shop a couple weeks ago. These shoes inspire her to go out running in the evenings sometimes. Which in turn inspires me to get my running shoes out and run around our neighborhood together.

We have been wanting to collect wood to do a project of making stacking blocks from slices of wood. A toy product that one can buy for a pretty penny. The first place we were going to collect wood from I realized that the homeowners were going to be using it to heat their house. Then on our jog we found a home that had some in their green garbage, so we asked them if we could take some. The first step in our project.

We collected some blackberries on the way home as well. I absolutely love that there is wild food in the neighborhood that we have made into cobblers, pies, and smoothies. Johari collects some to feed to the chickens as well.

We often admire the twilight silhouettes.

A zuchini bread recipe I have been baking since I was a kid turned healthier. Made with a friend's gift of a zuchini from her garden. Thank you, Amelia.