found this surprise photo on my phone from yesterday. looks like someone was taking some artsy selfies.
the layers of media really spoke to me.
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saw this man and his band last night and it was the best of daily moments, for certain. i left wishing that i could do it all over again and then i realized that i get to this weekend. sweetness.
unschooling: harmonious homestead
darla and i spent a little bit of time at the harmonious homestead open house on saturday. i bet you can tell what darla’s favorite part of the outing was. she wants chickens and her momma does too. she held just about every one of them. it worked out that even though i tried to interest her in the gardens and grounds she was confined to the chicken coop, by choice, so mama was free to roam around the gardens as she pleased. mama likes to do as she pleases.
i learned about hugelkultur and darla learned how to successfully chase down a chicken. i’d say that’s a good day of learning.
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this was taken outside a port-o-john station in the scioto audubon park. i’m pretty confused about the ideas of feminine attire in this sign, especially in a park…where people hike…
apparently i’m not the only one. darla asks “momma, why does she have an umbrella up her dress?”
balloon fight
darla requested a water balloon fight over the weekend. experiences like these make me cognizant of how happy i am that i’m a parent. it has been a really long time since my last water balloon fight. i have forgotten some of the simple pleasures in life that come flooding back in a whole new way when you’re experiencing them with your child. Like looking for worms, swinging, catching fireflies and water balloon fights.
is that what summer is about? is summer eternal childhood?
i think i would like to think of it that way for the rest of my days.
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optical hopscotch.
caption courtesy of my husband. and guided by voices.
is this day camp?
no. no it’s not. well, it was for someone else’s kids. we just swooped in after the camp kids went to lunch and played all up in that shizz.
i promise this looks more peaceful and idyllic than it was. there were various gradients of dirt play with darla leading the pack in no shoes and worm wrangling. there were various gradients of child breakdowns with darla being the leader in that category, also.
but i got to hang out with two babies i saw borned of this world and i already mentioned that it turned out pretty in pictures. as long as my life looks good then i’m not really to hung up on the rest…
i just want to pause and mention how happy i am with the free-wheeling, unschool summer we’ve been having. even though the day was somewhat of an emotional failure i still walked away feeling accomplished, secure in the thought that my girl had learned and enjoyed and i really had a good time in the midst of the choas of 6 children. i just want to extend summer for all the days and explore our world. this city has an amazing parks system and i’ve got my sights set on experiencing some new places with my girl.
can it be summer camp forever???
babes in a bakery
in my mid-twenties I had designs on traveling to paris. then i found out i was pregnant with darla and that plan was shelved. now i just settle for taking her to french bakeries and planting seeds of she and i traveling to the city of light someday when she’s older. cherbourg is definitely my favorite little bakery we’ve encountered thus far in columbus. as you can see, darla starts out skeptical but is won over immediately due to the copious amounts of butter and jam involved with eating a delicious mini-loaf and bakery wit.
i do so hope to make a venture over to paris sometime in my future. there is no promise of a tomorrow, i know that, but i still would like to hope the universe has that in my path. maybe there will be a doula drought in the french province and i’ll be called into action. or maybe i’ll just keep that paris fund untouched for a few more years and finally get there. or maybe darla will need braces and the paris fund will have to go.
there’s no telling. but i’ll be waiting in anticipation to see what transpires with this here life of mine.
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an outing to the market with my girl:
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this is darla’s tv watching box which she designed and dictated the construction. she is punch pleased with herself for this one.
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