Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting

We were busy bees last week since school was out. We decided on a whim that we needed to make cookies and these were the ones we agreed on. We found them here. And I didn’t have time to make the frosting as the directions indicated (it’s a little lumpy and bumpy, but it tasted...

Gratitude Garland with Wax Leaves

There aren’t many colored trees left, but I found a beautiful one the other day and decided I had to have those leaves. I seem to collect the leaves of fall, but then they wither and fade when I bring them home. So I found a way to preserve them. If only for the season....

All of Them

We stood up for each other at our weddings. We have spent so many late nights talking and sipping wine, sometimes crying, sometimes laughing (though as our kids get older, it gets harder and harder to see one another.) We held one another’s hand when we had babies (who adore one another.) And now we...

Penguins

This is the time of year when we start reminiscing about things. I’m a sappy girl who writes things down and lives through the eye of my camera. I’ve kind of always done that in some form or another, since I was a little girl. I come from a rather simple way of living. Things were not...

Our People

They have seen us at our worst. They have seen us at our best.They’ve wiped away tears and laughed until those tears turned happy. And they love us either way. We’ve spent every holiday together, except Christmas. They know that I don’t brush my hair when I’m up for my 5 am coffee, and my...