Spring blossoms

Posted: April 21, 2012 | Author: David | Filed under: Farming off the Farm, Gallery - Visual | Leave a comment

Here are photos of the apple orchard, taken April 18th. With the very warm March weather, we are about three weeks ahead of a “normal” spring. The buds are currently in the “half inch green” and “tight cluster” stages.

For the Person You Love

Posted: April 16, 2012 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Gallery - Quotes | 1 Comment

from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Your True Home

Have you offered your presence to the person you love? Are you so busy that you cannot be there for that person? If you are a father or a mother or a partner, generate your own presence, because that is the most precious gift you can offer.

All Things Nutcracker

Posted: April 3, 2012 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Chronicles of a First Time Parent | 6 Comments

Our daughter’s third birthday is around the corner so OF COURSE there’s a Nutcracker theme. Since she saw the performance in November, she has been twirling, arabesque-ing, and leaping everywhere she goes.

We even took her to Swan Lake this past Saturday which further expanded her little world. I’ve now got Tchaikovsky on my iPhone so we can roll around the grocery store to the tunes. Here are several photos of what David and I are putting together for her day.

Nutcracker assembly line – some table top nutcrackers…and larger one to poke your head in!