“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them” – Liberty Hyde Bailey Project 365: #365 + 4 Summer has been amazing, especially without the early morning routine of school. The weather has been perfect, am…
Day 365 + 3: Cheeky chipmunks
“I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn’t intrude too badly, persuading Americans, …, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.” – E. O. Wilson Project 365 Plus: #365 + 3 With the vanishing natural environment, wildlife creeps closer and closer to urban areas…this little chipmunk…
Day 365 + 2: Toasting the IB diploma!
“147. You find yourself thinking “Without stress my life would be empty.”- ibquotes.com Project 365 Plus: #365 + 2 Toasts with glasses filled with bubbly fizzling over were most welcome as sundowners this evening to mark the occasion of Caitlin being awarded her IB diploma! (Actually, the whole bottle was welcome). We cannot express how…
Day 365 + 1: Awesome Independence Day weekend
“It is very inspiring, my friends, to come to this that may be called the original fountain of independence and liberty in America and here drink draughts of patriotic feeling which seem to renew the very blood in one’s veins.” ~Woodrow Wilson, Presidential Address at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1914 July 4th Project 365 Plus:…
Day 365: Happy sweet 16!
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey Project 365: #365 With unplanned omissions through this project, it has lasted a couple of months longer than initially planned, but the timing was still perfect. This being day 365 of 365, and Nicole’s 16th birthday!…