whatcha reading, vi

If you only knew how far short I fall of my own hopes you would know that I could never boast. Why, it keeps me busy making over mistakes just like someone using old clothes. I get myself all ready to enjoy a success and find I have to fit a failure. But one consolation is that I generally have plenty of material to cut generously, and many of my failures have proved to be real blessings.

- Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Elinore Pruitt Stewart

:)

ondine by the fire

We're learning quickly not to fall for this look. It's not as innocent as it seems.

niiiiice

Amy made this up tonight: Lightly fry a tortilla in cinnamon sugar and butter, then drop it into a bowl with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Magical.

when the long winter light hits the chinaberry just right

pb bc bce

pooped

A guardian and a shepherd: Two radically different approaches to life. They're working out an understanding.

whatcha reading, v

...there is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect.

...many of Nature's finest lessons are to be found in her storms, and if careful to keep in right relations with them, we may go safely abroad with them, rejoicing in the grandeur and beauty of their works and ways...

- Stickeen, John Muir

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ondine's racetrack

This little girl loves snow, though she runs this course with or without it. She probably runs five miles a day, all at a flat-out sprint, playing tag and coursing the yard. She's ALL energy.

snow day! woot

It rarely snows here - just a dusting every other year or so.

chairies

aries was underfoot in the kitchen so we blocked the entryway with barstools

even here

Dry and cold today.