Saturday
Aug142010
this night.
scenes from this night
our little family together...
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Sunday
Jun202010
a blueberry girl
We are soaking up every minute with Miss Ellie Jane while also trying to learn her language and follow that often said to us adage "sleep when the baby sleeps." We are also hoping the sun will come out so we can take her on her first walk around the neighborhood (and maybe even venture to the Sound so she can soak up the senses of time spent at the water).
Last week, we had a very intimate (just Jon, Ellie, our dear friend Juli, and me) "welcome to this world Eleanor Jane" ceremony.
The ceremony included special prayers and hopes and wishes for Ellie, and each of us read something to her. Jon read Blueberry Girl
(During the ceremony, I read Ellie a just discovered by me poem by David Whyte that I will share later this week.)
Hope the sun is shining in your corner of the world...
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Jun062010
welcome to this world sweet ellie jane
Eleanor Jane Lamoreux
"Ellie Jane"
Born June 3, 2010
7 pounds, 1 ounce
20 1/2 inches
Everyone is home and a new chapter has begun...
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Sunday
Jan102010
the moments (of the last few days)
point defiance park view of puget sound . january 10, 2010
i have been more tired than productive (and productive is something i need to be) this weekend and last week was filled with quite a few emotional highs and lows in that way life is sometimes, but tonight, i am moved to share the moments of the last few days...
soaking up every word of a homemade life: stories and recipes from my kitchen table by molly wizenberg (i will write more about it soon. it is more like a gift than a cookbook. i am simply smitten with every page and am savoring the last few chapters like the last godiva chocolate).
watching julie & julia for the first time. what a joy that movie is. signs point toward me spending more time in the kitchen soon (hopefully when my mom visits next week, we can cook together and i can push away from nausea and lean in toward the goodness of cooking for and with my family).
taking a walk along puget sound with jonny. spotting a seal. sharing a few dreams. watching a little boy with his parents, so quick to explore on legs that have probably not been walking for too many weeks.
curling up with millie on the new red sofa. she seems to be very interested in my belly these days.
feeling grateful for friends who listen (especially when tears are falling on this end of the line).
angel hair pasta. really, i simply cannot get enough. and luckily i have a husband who doesn't mind cooking it (and everything else we eat around here these days).
enjoying a (new to me) movie called possession. the title invites one to think it is much different than it is. i found it to be a beautiful movie weaving two stories, one from the past and one now. a little poetry, a lot of romance, some heartache, wonderful music. i must investigate the book i think.
letting go of needing to answer email right away. i know it can be maddening to wait for someone to reply, but just remember, sometimes that someone is taking a break from the computer or just trying to get by or growing a human or spending time with family or breathing in and out or doing the best they can. (i will write back when i can. promise.)
naps under vintage quilts, one made by my great-grandmother and others thrifted. vintage quilts invite the best naps i think.
and in this moment, i wonder how things are in your world. what things did you fill up your weekend with? how are you? what are you wishing these days?
blessings and light, liz
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Wednesday
Nov182009
november 18 {or the day where i share some (really good) news}
things i can't help but say:
yes, i really am as tired as i look.
goodness, i had trouble getting to the point...hope the payoff made you smile.
my hair is really really long.
love that purple wall behind me but i should really make video posts in the daylight.
(and put up artwork on said wall)
sorry i didn't call you. see the first point on this list.
thanks for visiting me in this corner of blog world.
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this is us Monday
Aug172009
sunday, august 16.
6:30 AM foggy mind gives way to "i can't sleep" and i decide to make the long aprons i have been saying i will make for months...visualizing new pattern ideas...reversible perhaps...
6:45ish fall back asleep
8:35 wake up, must take shower first to push away foggy mind
8:52 blog reading in bed for a bit before breakfast
9:00 read maddie's sunday post. sigh with contentment and a wee bit of a wish i was there feeling
9:02 click over to this video of a vermont lake
9:02:10 decide the day's plans suddenly changed. must be in nature today
9:10 invite jonny to join me
9:40 picnic + three cameras + one blackberry + one flip + binoculars & bird book + lizzy & jonny get into the bug and head to the mountain
10:18 car dance party to michael franti begins (a must as coffee and breakfast have not yet been consumed)
10:31 starbucks drive through
11:10 enter the park and nature commences...
11:11 on was a bit like this...
6:10 PM time to head north yet again
6:18 a little donna summer concert in the car takes us home...
a perfect day really.
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