I think Ava knows this......

"The time to show up fully for life is right now, whatever the circumstances.  Life is a swirling pool of infinite potential at every single moment, and we ourselves either activate or refuse to activate the mystical fertility of the universe."







- Marianne Williamson, from Everyday Grace

My grandma used to take pictures of her flowers

and that seemed like kind of a crazy thing to do.

But it makes sense to me now. Now I am that crazy grandma....

Birthday by the Bay

I got a beautiful day for my birthday and we spent the afternoon at Clayton Beach.  The weather could not  have been more perfect.  After we played at the beach for awhile we got pizza in Fairhaven and had a picnic at Marine Park.  A lovely  day!

Birthday Serenade

Tulip Tradition

We made our annual visit to the tulip fields with Ava this week.  Definitely our most enjoyable  experience yet.  Last year as a 3 year old she had a hard time enjoying the beautiful flowers while leaving them attached to their stems, and we ended up having to make a hasty and somewhat noisy retreat.  This year was much different.

 As a 4 year old she was fine with leaving them intact, and this time the real delights for her were the many vast mud puddles.  She had put together her own eclectic outfit, and luckily it included rain boots.  She splashed happily through each one, and was only lured away with talk of ice cream, being served in Tulip Town.

Happy girl at Hovander

Hyacinths

Are my favorite flower.  This is because:
*they are beautiful and smell heavenly
*they remind me of my grandma
*they come along just when you need them most