Egg Hunt

Egg Hunt

Sunday’s Easter Egg Hunt was followed by thirty photos of her opening the candy.

egg hunt
egg hunt

I could not get her to look up at me for anything. I just don’t measure up to that candy. 😉

egg hunt

Oh, well, at least the flowers were willing to pose for the camera.

egg hunt

Show me what you shot

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Farmers markets

Farmers markets

Oh, I love me some farmers markets.  I love the festival feeling. I love the little individual stalls. I love the flowers. I love the fruits and vegetables. I love the hand made goods. I love being out and about, milling around other people admiring all these things I love.

As it turns out, this week has been designated Farmers Market Week here in the State of Washington. Farms and fresh food are definitely something worth celebrating, if you ask me.

I love farmers markets
I love farmers markets
I love farmers markets
I love farmers markets
I love farmers markets
I love farmers markets
I love farmers markets

Gem loves the markets as well. She loves the flowers, especially, and all the colors, the crowds, the blueberries, and all the energy.

I love farmers markets

Today, we went to the farmers market in Renton. This one had a bonus of a kids area, staffed with volunteers, with homemade play-dough and cookie cutters to make ornaments.

I love farmers markets
I love farmers markets

Gem was so taken with the dahlias that an elderly woman working in one of the stalls gave her one.  Gem was beside herself.

I love farmers markets

Then she spent the rest of our time at the market looking for the white water-filled buckets that were used the anchor the tents.

Why?

Her flower needed water. So she she made a job for herself of finding all those water buckets, and dipped her flower’s stem in the water of every single one of those buckets at the market.

I love farmers markets


There are more farmers markets in the state than I imagined. I hadn’t even heard of the Renton market till we visited it today. Here’s a listing of more farmers markets in Washington State. Go check them out.

Blooming

Blooming

We officially head into summer this week, and flowers are blooming all around us.

These photos were taken last weekend on my retreat to Harmony Hill on Hood Canal. I have so much to say about that retreat, but I’m still processing. I’ll write something up when I’m ready (Update: here it is).

In the meantime, enjoy these blooms.

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blooming

blooming

blooming

blooming

blooming

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Breathe. Stretch. Relax.

Breathe. Stretch. Relax.

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I am so unproductive right now. But that’s alright.

I spent the weekend on a getaway with good friends (very relaxing), and then I tried to jump right back in to everything when I got back home. That was quickly followed by a nasty cold that sent me running to bed, and hiding from the light.

Maybe my body is telling me to just chill out. I don’t always have to be productive. I don’t have any looming deadlines outside of those I assign myself (including these weekly posts). Time to lighten up a bit and relax.

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Monday morning, from 10 to 11

Monday morning, from 10 to 11

The magic happens every day, even on a Monday morning, but I don’t always take the time to stop and notice.

Monday Morning - playing with sidewalk chalk

In just an hour of paying attention:

Monday Morning - Gem

The air is the perfect temperature – not so warm or cold as to demand attention.

Monday Morning - playing with sidewalk chalk

Watching an artist become

Monday Morning - playing with sidewalk chalk

The little one exploring – getting familiar with Mother Nature

Monday Morning - bird bath

And Mother Nature says hi right back.

Monday Morning - mama bird feeding her chicks

A mama bird feeding her chicks…

Monday Morning - mama bird feeding her chicks

A perfect rosebud…

Monday Morning - rosebud

Mother Nature reclaiming a chair…

Monday Morning - garden chair

I find the magic every time I look for it. I just have to remember to look.

Monday Morning - Gem

Every day is a gift.

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