A few of the 17 rascals. Gage doesn’t know what to think of his cousin, Wyatt. It is like Christmas time when new collections arrive at Windy Ridge. When the big truck dropped off the Friday Harbor Collection, rascals of all shape & size lined up at the office door waiting for a handout. The ranch is filled with boys & […]
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As soon as Levi heard that the tuna were 25 miles offshore he was gone. He came back last night with 35 tuna. Since then he has been canning tuna and the canner is still clanging now. I may go mad. He finds great joy in stuffing dead fish in jars, sealing them and lining […]
Today marks Destiny’s 14th year. She was born a month after I turned 23. My first daughter & third baby, she was born when my oldest was 2 years old. She emerged, squalling, after 30 something hours of labor. I was so shocked (& so happy) that she was a girl. I was so sure that she […]
Today Hazel Jean has been growing within my womb for 32 weeks. Too tired & lazy to haul out the big camera, I document with my iPhone. I don’t think my belly is nearly as impressive as the beginning months. Like my other babes, Hazel feels tiny. She still flips and flops around all day long, laying […]
The festivities started early with our small town parade. I stuffed the jalopy with children and drove the back roads to my mom & dad’s to pick up Anna, her kids and a few of my siblings. Highly illegal, we bounced down the gravel road to town. Thankfully we only had to drive a couple […]
What a treat to wake up to these beautiful works of art in my mailbox. These photos of the Friday Harbor Collection really should be hanging in an art gallery and preserved forever, don’t you think? Sonia’s gift amazes me. She opened the package at the post office and impulsively drove to a local garden and shot these with […]
Saying my office is complete may be stretching the truth a little, but is anything really ever complete? I raided my scrap fabric & vintage lace boxes and managed to come up with curtains to soften up the rustic wood & metal. Custom cork board. A perfect place to tack my swatches, photos & notes from […]
Suddenly realizing the house was quiet, I went in search of Violet. I found her sitting so nicely on the couch painting her little nails and a good portion of her fingers & toes. (Amazingly, not a drop on the couch)
Remember Cole’s story? Though he touched thousands though his sickness & death, I still cannot think of it without wincing. His Dad, Aaron, wrote a book about his experience and it is now on sale, you can purchase it here. Cole… I Love You to the Moon and Back Aaron Dean Ruotsala, 24-year-old husband, […]
When the kids started eagerly volunteering to help me with the cleaning I knew Levi had something up his sleeve. When Levi walked in with 6 gallons of ice cream & cigars I started getting worried. He surprised me with balloons, roses, cake and a party with a bunch of family. Thank you, family, for […]