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Our second gathering was held on Sunday, May 1st at a beautiful park in Yoe, Pennsylvania. We had the best afternoon filled with locally grown flowers, good conversation, hot tea, honey cake and the sound of rain on a tin roof. It was the perfect celebration of spring.
Read MoreAs seasonal living has become more of a priority in my life, I’ve come to see spring, summer, autumn and winter not as four, static, monoliths but a succession of mini seasons that blend and circle around each other.
Read MoreOver the years I’ve become known as a bit of a flower lady. I’m no professional florist but I did spend a lot of time studying floral design while writing my craft book. Gardening has only deepened my love of floral arranging
Read MoreBeeswax food wraps are a great, natural alternative to single-use plastic wrap. The beeswax coating creates a non-toxic seal and also has natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties to help keep food fresh longer.
Read MoreAt this time of year, the earth is bursting with flowers. My oldest daughter, Sage and I have been excitedly waiting for the wild violets in our backyard to bloom. Picking them has become one of our special activities we do together. We’ve made
Read MoreThere really is nothing like slipping into a nicely made bed at the end of the night! I want to be the kind of person who makes their bed every morning. So I’ve tried to make it as simple as possible for myself to have a stylish and comfortable bed with as little effort as possible.
Read MoreNothing about this is perfect. I planned the photoshoot for this journal around this beautiful old magnolia tree in my neighborhood. I referenced past photos in my camera roll to pinpoint a week that it would be in bloom
Read MorePresently is a little collection of my favorites things this season; simple joys and ideas worth sharing around the topic of living a more soulful, heart-centered life. In this spring season, I am presently growing… marigold seedlings, sown into egg shells on the first day of spring...
Read MoreLooking for where to buy plants in York, PA? Here’s a list of my favorite independent, locally-owned, family run greenhouses and plant nurseries so you can support small business and your gardening hobby at the same time!
Read MoreOur first gathering was held on Sunday, January 30th at John Rudy Park in York, Pennsylvania. It was such a treat to spend a chilly winter afternoon sipping cider and sharing/sowing seeds by a roaring fire.
Read MoreFor what feels like the first time, I’m really savoring the slowness of midwinter. With the rush of the holidays behind us, I have been settling into what the rest of the natural world is doing; resting, reflecting and conserving energy for the coming year…
Read MoreBy this time of year, most gardeners are ordering new seeds and getting the itch to sow them. While it’s still a bit early to start seeds indoors, there is a way to get a jumpstart on your gardening year now! I recently learned about winter sowing in plastic milk jugs. The milk jug acts as a miniature greenhouse…
Read MoreAs the mom of a preschooler who could go through one 3lb bag of clementines per week if I let her, I take extra joy in making my own cleaner because 1. I’m making use of something that would otherwise be discarded and 2. it’s zero waste. What’s leftover after straining can be composted…
Read MoreSelecting paint colors for your home can often be a frustrating process. For a new homeowner especially, it can be hard to know where to begin! While there’s no right or wrong answers here, over the past decade I’ve spent as a residential interior designer, I’ve found a few things to be true…
Read MoreAround 730 days ago, I was choosing my Word of the Year. A treasured practice I had observed for four or five odd years at that point; selecting a singular word to help illuminate and guide me through the coming twelve months. For 2020 I chose “Surrender”, which is so spot on it almost makes me laugh now. That lesson was coming for me, for all of us, whether we chose it or not…
Read MoreOur family has been big into maple syrup since we were given The Little House Picture Book Treasury two Christmases ago. Sugar Snow remains one of our most requested stories, so when I started thinking about a recipe to share with you this winter, the idea for these maple flavored scones popped into my head immediately…
Read MorePresently is a little collection of my favorites things this season; simple joys and ideas worth sharing around the topic of living a more soulful, heart-centered life.
Read MoreI know a lot of us have picked up new hobbies since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Over this last year especially, I’ve thrown myself into gardening…
Read MoreAt this point Sona was just born after a long 36 hour labor. Normally, a birth story would end here. But I had some challenges during the rest of our time in the hospital that…
Read MoreI woke up around 5am on Tuesday, June 29th and noticed I was having pretty regular contractions while I had my breakfast. Around 6am, I started timing them and…
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