shakori hills grassroots: day 2

In pictures.....

~ spontaneous drum circle ~

~ lela ~

~ liv ~

~ balancing act/art~ 

~ pixie waiting for face painting ~

~ laurel ~

~ hurray for more friends! ~

~ very popular bubble bear ~ 

~ lovelies ~

~ the only way i can get a picture of my cutie husband ~

~ wagons en route ~

~ hackensaw boys rocked! ~

~ chiwoniso played into the night ~

~ sleeping babes in the wagon ~

~ adult time ~

carrie

shakori hills grassroots: day 1

 ~ beautiful meadow stage ~

Last week and into the weekend

we attended Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival

with friends!

~ sweet friends ~

After setting up camp and making dinner

we got the kids ready to head over

to the festival ground.

~ cooler wagon ~

~ kid wagon ~

Thursday night, 

Rusted Root performed!

~ playing with digital zoom ~

There were hula hoopers everywhere

some with electric hoops!

~ one of many cool pictures ~

The kids did great and fell asleep in the wagons,

so the mommas had time to browse some arts and crafts.

~ babywearing! ~

A perfect evening!

~ pester me to get photoshop - this picture needs cropping! ~

Stay tuned for more pictures

of Day 2 when more friends arrived!

carrie

rekindle

evening spent slowly

gossiping about parks and

rec with my partner

always makes me laugh

and blush and raise an eyebrow

and wish for more time

our time together 

is not "never a dull moment" 

but a moment well spent

I have so much love 

for my "Partner in Spirit"

sparks burst from the coals

Peace,

Carrie

wip wednesday - wintuk the puppy

This lovely stuff

is 31 years young.

 ~ if we get a dog, should i name her wintuk? ~

I say young,

since it is my mama's unfinished WiP

when I was just a baby.

She started a crochet bedspread,

very simple granny squares.

~ did they have dye lots back then? ~

It is a wounded bird, an abandoned puppy

left in her attic until she forgot

how to double crochet. 

Did I mention that it is 

only double crochet?  

I believe there is enough yarn

so this is what I'm hoping to make

instead - The Sunny Spread.

What do you think? 

Peace,

Carrie

clearing the air

This year is record-setting for pollen.

The oak trees are going crazy!

Hope that means more acorns in the Autumn!  

~ table in our foyer ~

So when we got a clearing rain

a few days ago,

we just had to go out into it and celebrate.

~ rain faery lela ~

A beautiful stormy sunset was our gift

for staying out past bedtime.

Peace,

Carrie

easter visit - part 2

Sunday afternoon, the family

met at Grana's for the egg hunt!

~ the farm house c. 1920 ~

This little corner of the front yard 

is famous for yielding eggs

from previous years.

~ liv and lela ~

With over 250 egg to hide,

you have to get creative!

 

~ lela and daddy ~

~ liv and lela ~

 

~ laurel ~

~ liv ~

~ lela ~

~ pouring over loot ~

~ family ~

~ lela, laurel and liv with grana ~

~ four generations ~

~ tiger swallowtail on grana's famous lilacs ~

~ searching around the lilacs and walnuts ~

~ the ancient tree that supplies us with our pecans ~

A beautiful weekend with family.

Peace,

Carrie

Easter Visit - Part 1

We went north to Virginia

to visit family for Easter.

The weather was perfect 

for adventuring outdoors.

~ liv, lela and gran ~

Lela had a special time

walking with Pop in the woods. 

They saw a large black snake

and a flying squirrel!

Wish I had a picture of that!

~ redbud we gave my parents in 2003 ~

There was lots of time 

to play with Kitty.

Don't these two look 

like the twins now?

~ lela and liv with kitty ~

~ easter baskets on sunday morning ~

I made another set of angry chicken bonnets.  

This time with white eyelet

and rosebud ribbon.  

~ liv ~

~ laurel ~

The girls all wore matching 

bonnets and dresses,

a gift from Gran and Pop.

~ lela, pop, laurel, gran and liv ~

Next up - Egg Hunt!

Peace,

Carrie