This is Waldorf - Connection to Earth

This is a little themed post that I have been musing on for a while now. I believe I would like to try to make this into a regular thing. This blog has become a bit of a journal for me, and putting some of these words down has helped me to solidify them in reality.

So here goes!

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This is Waldorf is a verbal and visual representation of what Waldorf means to us.

Waldorf is our lifestyle.

Rather, more accurately, our lifestyle is easily defined by Waldorf. We were already doing many of the "ideals" long before I met my dear and wonderful friend Tanya, who first told me about Waldorf, way back when my twins were not even walking. Some of the "ideals" go along with attachment parenting and conscious living and natural living.

So today I'd like to show some pictures that represent our connection to Earth. The Earth provides food and Energy for us.

~ this year's garden - our first ever ~

With love and great care, the plants and animals will provide food.

~ first tomato ~

But timing is also important.

~ rite of passage: picking green tomatoes ~

Pictures in books come alive, when you see them in Nature.

~ Cicely Mary Barker's Foxy Foxglove ~

We are connected to Earth physically, but we also want to be connect to Earth spiritually.

~ Dancing in the rain on Spring Equinox ~

And most importantly, We Are Nature.

Peace,
Carrie

Thankful

Last Friday we celebrated Thanksgiving with my parents, sister, and sister's significant other. It was a beautiful day and we quickly decided to move the feast out-of -doors.

~ Lela-made place markers ~

~ The Birthday Boy - Pop ~

~ Lela and Gran ~

~ Liv and Aunt Bec ~

Thanks for a beautiful and blessed day, loved ones!

Peace and Gratitude,

Carrie

WiP Wednesday - Cheating and More

I remember fondly a funny post on Little Home Blessings. Despite spending the last fifteen minutes digging through her site, I cannot find it. (However, after all that digging I feel newly inspired by all her beautiful crafting!)

Anyway, the premise of post was that she had been crocheting, and was "cheating" on her knitting.

~ So, today I'm cheating as well. ~

My friend taught me how a couple weeks ago and I am just now getting around to my first project. This is going to be a hat for me - imagine that, actually crafting for yourself. I'm amazed at how quickly crochet works up.

I try to have my girls wear a hat out-of-doors when the weather necessitates it. But I cannot expect them to wear one if I never do! Crochet offers a warm-natured momma a lightweight hat. I will definitely share a finished picture of this one.

In keeping with the cruddy-picture-nice-craft theme, here's a picture of a really sweet bow that my friend made for the girls. There are actually 2 different bows, one for each girl. She did an amazing job!

~ Lela ~

~ Laurel modeling a past WiP - another completed gnome hat. ~

~ And isn't a marriage, a partnership, always a work-in-progress? ~

Yes, the Winter Beard is gone. :( To return soon, I hope!
My parents visited us for 4 days last week, and we celebrated Thanksgiving. I figured I would share those pictures in the next few days. But on Saturday night, after the girls were asleep, my mom gave us her credit card and we went out for drinks and a little food and a lot of fun. This picture that I FORCED Mike to take is probably the first one we've taken together in at least a year.
Peace,
Carrie