Here are a few outtakes from my second summer tabletop table for West Elm: a vintage garden party. I had a blast mixing and matching some of my favorite vintage pieces with the West Elm products: organic shaped dinner plates, glazed terracotta salad plates, and gold flatware. My favorite element: the doilies layered over the […]

Each day, I’m a little more thankful for our charming loft, the land around us, and our kind landlords. Our kitchen window overlooks the sheep pasture; our bedroom window, the vegetable garden. Almost every day, I’m visited by our landlords’ grandchildren, always bearing gifts (kombucha, fresh flowers, etc.) Recently, our landlord told us we could […]

The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow On daffodils, death, and finding joy… Spring is officially here, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere! The daffodils in my garden are in […]

Today is the day! I’m launching an exciting FREE resource for YOU: a very intentionally designed bundle of 48 Chore and School Routine Cards. These cards will help you as you create a system of easy-to-implement routines and rhythms for your day, and help get your children excited and ready to do chores and schoolwork. […]

It’s that time of year… The mornings and evenings are cooler and we begin to crave fall. Yet we are still solidly in summer for 3 more weeks. The garden is bursting with tomatoes, so we are savoring. And blending the two seasons as best we can with pot after pot of the garden fresh […]

It’s that time of year. Tomato time of year! We planted 5 beautiful plants this year, and are in the midst of our wonderful harvest. I wish I could bottle these tomatoes up and save them for the rest of the year. Oh wait, I can, and that’s just what I’m sharing today: a recipe […]

I’m excited to be sharing Our 2020-2021 Homeschool Plan. I always intend to blog more about our homeschool adventures, but life happens and other things take priority. I’m going to try to share more on the blog (but definitely on Instagram) this year. I’ve talked a bit about our homeschool philosophy on here before…I love […]

Sponsor Note: Although this post was sponsored by Honest, all content, words, and ideas are my own. Thanks for supporting the partnerships that help keep this blog running. I was recently interviewed on a podcast and we spoke all about homeschooling. Naturally, we touched on kids and responsibility and how I approach the topic. I can’t […]