by Trixie | Feb 29, 2024 | Comfort with Risk, gratitude, Nature, Walks, Work
Delia has a new job. And we have a new old car. Everything is always a gamble. All of the check engine lights came on this week. Waking up so so early these mornings. The cold the wind the snow the hail. The power outages. The batteries dying. The risk of not making...
by Trixie | Jan 2, 2024 | Food, gratitude, Lifestyle, Walks
There’s something extra-wonderful about getting tacos for takout in winter. First walking around one of your favorite places to walk around while you’re waiting, even though it’s cold, wet and windy. Then feeling so lucky you’re holding all...
by Trixie | Jan 1, 2024 | Candid, gratitude, Nature, Walks
Last two walks on the last two days of the year 2023: So eerily dark and gloomy in the early afternoon. It would be hard to tell what time it is if not for breaks appearing in the grey in the distance. I love that she initiated both of these...
by Trixie | Jan 22, 2023 | Lifestyle, Nature, Walks
Standing outside together in the early morning winter still-darkness, staring up at the stars in a moonless sky. The ladle-down big dipper framed by backyard trees. Blue heron. Kingfisher. Red-breasted Merganser. Delia knows all of their names. Deer, crows and...
by Trixie | Jan 12, 2023 | Homemaking & Housekeeping, Our Other Sites, Videos
For a minute (well … actually many hours/days) I was able to bring back one spycam, testing out new ways of doing things on our new site … until I ran out of bandwidth and pulled it (for now). In the meantime, though, I made this video from a special snowy...
