tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67181269266409631042024-03-04T23:23:27.634-05:00going starfishingSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.comBlogger507125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-13838428566696118372014-11-05T11:57:00.003-05:002014-11-05T11:57:50.232-05:00new site, new blog... please join me!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-41403430577326272372014-09-05T11:13:00.000-04:002014-09-17T15:31:01.920-04:00for henry...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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we gathered again</div>
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on the 10th of august</div>
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for an evening at our happy place-<br />
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the beach.<br />
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with our people.<br />
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dinner and wine <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(with the most perfect name)</span>.<br />
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cake.<br />
decorated with love, for the boy we celebrated.<br />
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wishes and prayers</div>
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we wrote<br />
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happy birthday </div>
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up to heaven</div>
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for our boy</div>
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henry patrick waldo jagger</div>
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smiles</div>
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and kisses</div>
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and tears<br />
love and gratitude<br />
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two. xo<br />
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<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2013/08/celebrating-henry.html" target="_blank">(last year)</a></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-62692718967830860362014-09-01T13:27:00.001-04:002014-09-01T13:28:30.548-04:00august, fully loaded...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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just when we get</div>
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<i>deep </i>into the delicious ease of july-</div>
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that sandy, joyful, barefoot, afternoon-napping bit of summer...</div>
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august arrives-</div>
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uninvited.</div>
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august is...</div>
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hard.</div>
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and fast... too fast...</div>
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heavy rememberances</div>
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dreaded goodbyes</div>
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twisted and mixed up with</div>
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joyful celebrations</div>
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wham! bam!</div>
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and it's over-</div>
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like a tornado</div>
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through your soul</div>
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and then...</div>
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there your are.</div>
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exhausted. </div>
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battered. </div>
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and standing, yes... standing...</div>
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but alone</div>
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on an empty beach</div>
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everyone gone</div>
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but <i>so</i> not forgotten...</div>
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and every year it just feels harder-</div>
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this deep-in-your-bones emptiness</div>
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and here we are</div>
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home</div>
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but so.very. homesick.</div>
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for our tribe.</div>
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and those summer days</div>
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we wait all year for...<br />
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all of a sudden, we are here...</div>
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sitting on the edge of fall</div>
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not ready for the jump-<br />
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but before we can even take one last breath</div>
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school and meetings and a calendar full of appointments</div>
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are pushing us in.</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-1471540519451632612014-07-02T10:16:00.001-04:002014-07-02T10:16:21.284-04:00here. back, again...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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well...</div>
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i guess that's what i went ahead and did-</div>
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<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2013/09/this.html" target="_blank">submerged.</a></div>
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it's been nearly 10 months since i've checked in here</div>
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and i'm not sure if there is anyone still out there</div>
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but i do hope so</div>
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and i thank you. <i>thank you</i>, for coming back</div>
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the time away has been good to me</div>
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so, <i>so</i> very good to me</div>
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and i've found myself craving a return-</div>
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there is so much to share</div>
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(and a new look, coming soon</div>
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which feels so right and so good)</div>
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but for now, i'm ready</div>
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for the long over-due</div>
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dive back in<br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-53458664325987132622013-09-04T09:24:00.001-04:002013-09-04T09:24:37.873-04:00this.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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nursing this babe</div>
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in a jumble of pillows</div>
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our bare skin</div>
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golden</div>
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in the milky early morning sun</div>
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a coolness of fall, nearly begun</div>
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and raindrops </div>
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whispering good morning</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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while lulling us</div>
</div>
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back to sleep</div>
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...</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
these moments.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
of motherhood</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>motherhood !</i></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
they are thick with joy</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
but they are going. too. fast.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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i'm feeling desperate</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
to pause.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
submerge.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
and float around in each second.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
i've always been</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
running ahead</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
always waiting and wanting for the next day, year, milestone...</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
my mum used to warn me not to "wish my life away"-</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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at three i was begging for kindergarten and soon after, for so long, all i wanted was to turn 30 (!)</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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to get married, to own a home, for <i>babies...</i></div>
</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
but now</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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here i am-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a baby</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>our </i>baby</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
deep asleep on my chest</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
life feels </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
just. right.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
it feels</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
like what i've been waiting </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
my whole life for...</div>
</div>
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<br /></div>
</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-9339862298280135622013-08-20T21:37:00.004-04:002013-08-21T12:56:23.669-04:00celebrating henry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">throughout this past pregnancy</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
i kept peaking ahead</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to this month-<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
august</div>
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<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with a scramble of emotions-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
love, fear, anxiety, pain, excitement</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybdaycakelit_zpsfe82abc0.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybdaycakelit_zpsfe82abc0.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybdaycakelit_zpsfe82abc0.jpg" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
the <a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/08/flashbulb.html">birthday of our boy</a></div>
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the due date of our daughter</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
the anniversary of <a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/08/henry.html">losing henry</a></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
i needed to find a way</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to remember our sweet son</div>
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and the excitement i felt</div>
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on the day he was born-</div>
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<br />
the day i became a mom</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
in a way<br />
that wasn't totally </div>
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sad</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
or </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
scary</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
i needed a celebration.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to find a way to honor </div>
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what a joy he was</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
in our lives</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
even</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
if it was only for just </div>
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11 days</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
something to share </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with our family</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
who felt the loss of henry</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
almost as completely as we did</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a new tradition</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
that our future children</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
would love </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
so...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
we planned a birthday beach night-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
our favorite kind of easy summer celebration<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybdaycircle_zps223a5e38.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybdaycircle_zps223a5e38.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybdaycircle_zps223a5e38.jpg" /></a></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a sand-side picnic<br />
<br />
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybdayem_zps5dba857d.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybdayem_zps5dba857d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybdayem_zps5dba857d.jpg" /></a></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
our favorite people<br />
<br />
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybadycakedetail_zpsbb0bd75b.jpg.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybadycakedetail_zpsbb0bd75b.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybadycakedetail_zpsbb0bd75b.jpg" /></a></div>
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</div>
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mama-decorated birthday cake<br />
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybdaytaps_zps70e55485.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybdaytaps_zps70e55485.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybdaytaps_zps70e55485.jpg" /></a></div>
taps at sunset</div>
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...<br />
<br />
and then</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
after the sun had gone down</div>
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<br />
we sent paper lanterns<br />
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybday2_zpscb60d194.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybday2_zpscb60d194.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybday2_zpscb60d194.jpg" /></a></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
into the night sky<br />
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybday1_zps07a9ecea.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybday1_zps07a9ecea.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybday1_zps07a9ecea.jpg" /></a></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
decorated with our </div>
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wishes + prayers</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for henry patrick<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
on his first birthday</div>
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybdaycake_zps8c7fcfd3.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybdaycake_zps8c7fcfd3.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybdaycake_zps8c7fcfd3.jpg" /></a></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and it was</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
a celebration</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/henrybdaycakeout_zps6d555bf9.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo henrybdaycakeout_zps6d555bf9.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/henrybdaycakeout_zps6d555bf9.jpg" /></a></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
with love and thanks</div>
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xo</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-64242495516153247612013-08-18T22:18:00.004-04:002013-08-19T09:13:56.473-04:00she<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/1a36806d-0728-4cbf-a52c-b589aa2d8150_zps963358ac.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 1a36806d-0728-4cbf-a52c-b589aa2d8150_zps963358ac.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/1a36806d-0728-4cbf-a52c-b589aa2d8150_zps963358ac.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
emily waldo jagger</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
arrived thursday</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
august 8th</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
at 9:40am</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
oh, oh...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
there is so very much to share</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and i will</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
but i'm completely distracted</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
by her milky, deep-sleep sighs </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
on my chest</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/e91be3e9-4672-4236-8d77-8d7f6e8d097b_zpsfa363c13.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo e91be3e9-4672-4236-8d77-8d7f6e8d097b_zpsfa363c13.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/e91be3e9-4672-4236-8d77-8d7f6e8d097b_zpsfa363c13.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
it's been almost exactly a month</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
since i've posted</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and it's been a bursting one for sure-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a roller coaster </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of summer goodness</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
paralyzing anxiety</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and love</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
love. love. love.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with each </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
long-awaited </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
deep, <i>deep</i> breath </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
that i take</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
weighted only by 6lbs 12oz</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of slumbering sweetness</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
i can feel </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
my heart</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
being stitched </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
from the bottom </div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
up...<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/2dc76a54-42f9-4b50-b080-c8b79d33587b_zpsbfeabe50.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 2dc76a54-42f9-4b50-b080-c8b79d33587b_zpsbfeabe50.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/2dc76a54-42f9-4b50-b080-c8b79d33587b_zpsbfeabe50.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
welcome</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
sweet birdie</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
welcome</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
xoxo<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">photos: <a href="http://orchardcovephotography.com/">orchardcove</a></span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-59074046027100222582013-07-18T11:18:00.000-04:002013-07-18T11:18:27.629-04:00rainy summer sundays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
those lazy summer days</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-couch_zps592dc01a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-couch_zps592dc01a.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-couch_zps592dc01a.jpg" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
hazy with light rain</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
guiltlessly off the beach</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-chair_zps38d2686c.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-chair_zps38d2686c.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-chair_zps38d2686c.jpg" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
sprawled across a couch</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
falling deeper</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
into a good book</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-book_zpse5cc12e9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-book_zpse5cc12e9.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-book_zpse5cc12e9.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-table_zps3e49c154.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-table_zps3e49c154.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-table_zps3e49c154.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
lunching<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-beerchips_zpsc09ce13d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-beerchips_zpsc09ce13d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-beerchips_zpsc09ce13d.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with the whole crew</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-scene_zps4f9ca207.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-scene_zps4f9ca207.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-scene_zps4f9ca207.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
around the family table</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
in the light of day</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-lobster_zpsa012a0a9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-lobster_zpsa012a0a9.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-lobster_zpsa012a0a9.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
lobster </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
laughter</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and<br />
full bellies<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/sunday-happyfaces_zps59d0b360.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo sunday-happyfaces_zps59d0b360.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/sunday-happyfaces_zps59d0b360.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...<br />
<br />
sunhats</div>
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waiting...</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-21433808841976084382013-06-25T17:01:00.000-04:002013-06-25T17:01:29.290-04:00faith<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.</i></div>
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<i> </i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Oscar Wilde</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/bearbaby_zpsf6c416f1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo bearbaby_zpsf6c416f1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/bearbaby_zpsf6c416f1.jpg" /></a></div>
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with summer now upon us</div>
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and this next chapter</div>
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right around the corner</div>
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it's time to share-</div>
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we're expecting.</div>
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...</div>
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<br /></div>
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the past year has been a roller coaster to be sure-</div>
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anticipation, immense joy, soul-crushing heartache, game-changing friendship</div>
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fear, hope, anxiety, small miracles, trust</div>
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and </div>
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love</div>
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...</div>
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<br /></div>
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now, at 32 weeks</div>
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there is no hiding this bump of our soon-to-arrive baby</div>
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no, we haven't shouted this pregnancy from the roof tops-</div>
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but</div>
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we are so very happy.</div>
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and grateful.</div>
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and excited.</div>
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<br /></div>
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also, yes, a little scared.</div>
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<br /></div>
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we are taking life one day at a time.</div>
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healing</div>
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and fostering confidence</div>
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<br /></div>
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we are looking <i>forward</i></div>
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to august-</div>
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<br /></div>
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to remembering <a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/08/henry.html">our boy</a></div>
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by celebrating <a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/08/flashbulb.html">his birthday</a></div>
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<br /></div>
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and to</div>
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<br /></div>
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welcoming</div>
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his little sister</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(yes! a girl!)</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-32978331725715953102013-06-19T08:20:00.001-04:002013-06-19T08:20:05.191-04:00happy list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>a collection</i></div>
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<i>of the little things that have made my week</i></div>
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<i>(<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-little-things.html">started here</a>)</i></div>
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...<br />
<br />
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<br /></div>
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OH <i>shnikes</i>!</div>
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i've been meaning and meaning and meaning</div>
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to get to this place</div>
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but</div>
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JUNE!</div>
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is here!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and half gone!</div>
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<br /></div>
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life has been busy, busy, busy</div>
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which, i suppose</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
is good-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
these last two months-</div>
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filled with holidays celebrating parenthood</div>
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and warming tide pools filled with splashing babies</div>
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has left my heart heavier than i expected...</div>
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<br /></div>
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but, of course</div>
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there are the very happy things</div>
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that come with early summer, too...</div>
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<br /></div>
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dining al fresco</div>
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-dinnerout_zps36e7e87f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-dinnerout_zps36e7e87f.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-dinnerout_zps36e7e87f.jpg" /></a> </div>
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in our sweet backyard</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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rising with the sun</div>
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-dew_zpsab6753d2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-dew_zpsab6753d2.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-dew_zpsab6753d2.jpg" /></a></div>
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and finding such beauty</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
custom <a href="http://sarahwaldo.com/collections.html">ellas</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-ellas_zps19b5e205.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-ellas_zps19b5e205.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-ellas_zps19b5e205.jpg" /></a> </div>
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on their way to a colorado wedding</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(and to be worn with cowboy boots! love!)</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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a surprise delivery</div>
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<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-berries_zpse87e16ad.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-berries_zpse87e16ad.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-berries_zpse87e16ad.jpg" /></a> </div>
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local, organic, summer berries</div>
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oh. my. yum.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and</div>
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the most happy thing of all-</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
the arrival of <i>my people</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
those friends who really are family</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
whose summer migration north</div>
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makes every. little. thing.</div>
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feel</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
just</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>right.</i></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Hallelujah.</div>
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</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-72615738195734158502013-05-28T07:38:00.001-04:002013-05-28T07:38:39.807-04:00happy list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>a collection</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>of the little things that have made my week</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-little-things.html">started here</a>)</i></div>
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...<br />
<br />
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oh my-</div>
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what a month...</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
it's been </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
insanely busy</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with work</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and very hard-</div>
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mother's day </div>
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blindsided me</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
but bits of brightness</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
have gotten me here-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to the unofficial start of </div>
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summer </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
2013</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
hallelujah.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...<br />
<br />
a little gift<br />
of a full bunch<br />
of the sweetest smelling bells<br />
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-lily_zpsebbd8fa2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-lily_zpsebbd8fa2.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-lily_zpsebbd8fa2.jpg" /></a><br />
made a house in desperate need of a deep clean<br />
delightful<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
stitching</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/ruffle_zps0e2d6118.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo ruffle_zps0e2d6118.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/ruffle_zps0e2d6118.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
new designs</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for a dear friend's<br />
gatsby-esque<br />
wedding</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/CM-lawn_zpsb80baa98.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo CM-lawn_zpsb80baa98.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/CM-lawn_zpsb80baa98.jpg" /></a><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/CM-tabletop_zpsdc892daa.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo CM-tabletop_zpsdc892daa.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/CM-tabletop_zpsdc892daa.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/CM-girls_zpsab902a74.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo CM-girls_zpsab902a74.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/CM-girls_zpsab902a74.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/CM-childrensgarden_zpsc92d414c.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo CM-childrensgarden_zpsc92d414c.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/CM-childrensgarden_zpsc92d414c.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
and celebrating love<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/CM_us_zpsfcea128d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo CM_us_zpsfcea128d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/CM_us_zpsfcea128d.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
with raspberry meringue<br />
on top<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/CM-tarts_zpsd3c075e7.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo CM-tarts_zpsd3c075e7.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/CM-tarts_zpsd3c075e7.jpg" /></a></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-21496045038218693822013-05-06T12:02:00.000-04:002013-05-06T12:02:30.200-04:00soul resuscitation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">
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<i>ahhhhhhh...</i></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
this place</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-barn_zps75993abe.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-barn_zps75993abe.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-barn_zps75993abe.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
it's people</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-emrudy_zpsdd67ff17.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-emrudy_zpsdd67ff17.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-emrudy_zpsdd67ff17.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
and spring </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-stawberry_zps3e348b3d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-stawberry_zps3e348b3d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-stawberry_zps3e348b3d.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
in bloom</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a few days away</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for a </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
deep-down </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
revive </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-pippenhill_zps65d4e187.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-pippenhill_zps65d4e187.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-pippenhill_zps65d4e187.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-mountainview_zps93835292.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-mountainview_zps93835292.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-mountainview_zps93835292.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-lunching_zps042dc01a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-lunching_zps042dc01a.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-lunching_zps042dc01a.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-pippen_zps8c84fdaf.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-pippen_zps8c84fdaf.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-pippen_zps8c84fdaf.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-md_zps01b9c04d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-md_zps01b9c04d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-md_zps01b9c04d.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-eveningfires_zps76e4396d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-eveningfires_zps76e4396d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-eveningfires_zps76e4396d.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-chop_zps77b52647.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-chop_zps77b52647.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-chop_zps77b52647.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-cremebrulee_zpsc3e3a055.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-cremebrulee_zpsc3e3a055.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-cremebrulee_zpsc3e3a055.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/va-lucky_zpsabfa4b38.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo va-lucky_zpsabfa4b38.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/va-lucky_zpsabfa4b38.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
sometimes</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
life's simplest pleasures-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
sun</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
food</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
family</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
are just enough</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-60558584055566521872013-04-25T12:15:00.000-04:002013-04-25T12:15:24.310-04:00early spring by the shore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shore7_zps792b6bd2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shore7_zps792b6bd2.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shore7_zps792b6bd2.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
empty stretches</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of low tide beach</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shore_zpseb7b6b22.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shore_zpseb7b6b22.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shore_zpseb7b6b22.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
rolling dunes</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of greening beach grass</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shore5_zps9560265d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shore5_zps9560265d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shore5_zps9560265d.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a pup</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
learning the way</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shore1_zpscda64aab.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shore1_zpscda64aab.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shore1_zpscda64aab.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of the sandy-dog life</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shore4_zpse2b666f4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shore4_zpse2b666f4.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shore4_zpse2b666f4.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
bundled</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with the view</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of a hazy horizon</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shore3_zps0f2e8ddb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shore3_zps0f2e8ddb.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shore3_zps0f2e8ddb.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
readying</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for summer</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a happy list, of a saturday sort</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-2915534079688780522013-04-22T08:24:00.003-04:002013-04-22T08:26:05.189-04:00happy list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>a collection</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>of the little things that have made my week</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-little-things.html">started here</a>)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...<br />
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
guilty pleasure</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-luckycharms_zps9abac98e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-luckycharms_zps9abac98e.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-luckycharms_zps9abac98e.jpg" /></a><br />
because sometimes</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
there is just no resisting their magical deliciousness</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
fabric</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/mermaidtail_zps25ac40c2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo mermaidtail_zps25ac40c2.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/mermaidtail_zps25ac40c2.jpg" /></a>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
and the purr of my sewing machine</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
inspired<br />
and it feels so good...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
while sitting on the back steps</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
late one afternoon</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
my hearty succulents</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/springcleaningsucculents_zps44a69d9d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo springcleaningsucculents_zps44a69d9d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/springcleaningsucculents_zps44a69d9d.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
finally got re-potted</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
this moment</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-snuggle_zps29744296.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-snuggle_zps29744296.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-snuggle_zps29744296.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
snapped by my husband-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
long after i'd fallen asleep </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
cuddled up to the sweet smell </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of my favorite girl</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
and<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
let's be honest- it was a looong, dark winter</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with looong, dark roots</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
which really-</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
was no good for anyone.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
so, with a quick trip to NYC</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/blond_zps0cab1b92.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo blond_zps0cab1b92.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/blond_zps0cab1b92.jpg" /></a>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
the blond is back</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
and<br />
spring<br />
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/blond2_zpse26be1e5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo blond2_zpse26be1e5.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/blond2_zpse26be1e5.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
has me feeling</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a little more</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
like</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br /></i>
<i>me</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
again.</div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-23611063244706835522013-04-16T19:36:00.006-04:002013-04-16T23:41:03.737-04:00spring cleaning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
evening hours </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
spent in the yard...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/springcleaningrodo_zps4089392b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo springcleaningrodo_zps4089392b.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/springcleaningrodo_zps4089392b.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
air turns cool</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/springcleaningcastle_zps0b13081a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo springcleaningcastle_zps0b13081a.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/springcleaningcastle_zps0b13081a.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
raking, shoveling, planting</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
dreaming...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/springcleaningshovel_zps9d977d28.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo springcleaningshovel_zps9d977d28.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/springcleaningshovel_zps9d977d28.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
music and chatter</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
little family, starting fresh</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/springcleaningalmost_zps0d7eb1eb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo springcleaningalmost_zps0d7eb1eb.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/springcleaningalmost_zps0d7eb1eb.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
spring.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-75412703124057165182013-03-30T20:43:00.004-04:002013-03-30T20:49:11.844-04:00springtime sweets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
as if this holiday needed more sugar...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
but i couldn't pass up the opportunity </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to bake for the littles of our life- </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
much to their delight! </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/easterbunny_zpsf01f110b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo easterbunny_zpsf01f110b.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/easterbunny_zpsf01f110b.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
baskets of bunnies</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/easterchickies_zpsb47bd982.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo easterchickies_zpsb47bd982.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/easterchickies_zpsb47bd982.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and fuzzy chicks </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/easterchick_zps6d268f9b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo easterchick_zps6d268f9b.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/easterchick_zps6d268f9b.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br /></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">happy easter!</span></i></div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-24794626131529690442013-03-22T18:59:00.003-04:002013-03-22T19:01:49.504-04:00happy list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>a collection</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>of the little things that have made my week</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-little-things.html">started here</a>)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...<br />
<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
freshly baked cookies</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-cookies_zps80a7d678.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-cookies_zps80a7d678.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-cookies_zps80a7d678.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a weekly necessity</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for a hungry husband</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(a kitchen sink version of granola-dark chocolate this week... YUM)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
soft, sweet, silky knits</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-blocking_zps10cae9c0.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-blocking_zps10cae9c0.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-blocking_zps10cae9c0.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
set for blocking</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a fresh, peaceful corner</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-pussywillow_zpsa3cca6f2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-pussywillow_zpsa3cca6f2.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-pussywillow_zpsa3cca6f2.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of our torn-apart home</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>ahhhhh...</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
snail mail</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-summercard_zpsffdf5f17.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-summercard_zpsffdf5f17.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-summercard_zpsffdf5f17.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
that says just the right thing</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
house guests</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-dogs_zps72459b8e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-dogs_zps72459b8e.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-dogs_zps72459b8e.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
of the cutest kind</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-2746188575196662622013-03-21T21:16:00.000-04:002013-03-21T21:16:34.777-04:00a time for cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/cakes3_zps4dcdbd1d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo cakes3_zps4dcdbd1d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/cakes3_zps4dcdbd1d.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
a quiet moment</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
on the first day of spring</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
calls for cake</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and because</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
winter citrus</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
is my favorite thing </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
about this much-too-long season</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/cakes4_zpsd23dfbcb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo cakes4_zpsd23dfbcb.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/cakes4_zpsd23dfbcb.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
i bid adieu </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to the cold and grey</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
with the bright, juicy </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
grapefruit</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/cakes5_zpsca1d9d85.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo cakes5_zpsca1d9d85.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/cakes5_zpsca1d9d85.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://casayellow.com/2012/02/06/a-grapefruit-olive-oil-cake-for-a-cold-winter-day/">olive oil grapefruit cake</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
perfectly acceptable</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
as breakfast</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
right?</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/cake1_zpsbb07e3f8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo cake1_zpsbb07e3f8.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/cake1_zpsbb07e3f8.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
savored in the sunlight.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
welcome, spring.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>welcome...</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-17965074725225378412013-02-26T07:38:00.001-05:002013-02-26T07:40:39.520-05:00happy list: farm life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>a collection</i></div>
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<i>of the little things that have made my week</i></div>
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<i>(<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-little-things.html">started here</a>)</i></div>
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...<br />
<br />
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i spent last week in virginia...</div>
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going back</div>
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to</div>
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<br /></div>
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that very special</div>
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place</div>
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down the tree lined drive</div>
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and to it's</div>
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people</div>
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<br /></div>
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felt like going</div>
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home<br />
<br />
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vabarnview_zpsd609b25d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vabarnview_zpsd609b25d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vabarnview_zpsd609b25d.jpg" /></a></div>
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...</div>
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a very welcome happy list</div>
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during a february</div>
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that has felt</div>
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darker</div>
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than this darkest month</div>
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has ever felt before<br />
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...</div>
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<br />
hot tea<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vatea_zps49469023.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vatea_zps49469023.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vatea_zps49469023.jpg" /></a></div>
served with girl talk<br />
<br />
<br />
linen sheets<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vasheets_zpsbb1399a8.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vasheets_zpsbb1399a8.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vasheets_zpsbb1399a8.jpg" /></a></div>
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best on a freshly made bed, after yoga and a warm bath...<br />
crumpled perfection by morning<br />
<br />
<br />
creamy oats and fresh berries<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vaoats_zps04a25681.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vaoats_zps04a25681.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vaoats_zps04a25681.jpg" /></a></div>
wholesome goodness to start the day<br />
<br />
slivers of sunshine<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-valight_zpsdc38d44d.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-valight_zpsdc38d44d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-valight_zpsdc38d44d.jpg" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vacat_zpsb8285d02.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vacat_zpsb8285d02.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vacat_zpsb8285d02.jpg" /></a></div>
spring, breaking through<br />
<br />
<br />
clawfoot tubs</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vastill_zpsf0197fdc.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vastill_zpsf0197fdc.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vastill_zpsf0197fdc.jpg" /></a>
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because floating<br />
seems to be the best kind of therapy</div>
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<br /></div>
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early evening walks</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vateepee_zpsf8883b9f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vateepee_zpsf8883b9f.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vateepee_zpsf8883b9f.jpg" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vatp_zps3c37dae1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vatp_zps3c37dae1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vatp_zps3c37dae1.jpg" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vabarn_zps13af7e0d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vabarn_zps13af7e0d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vabarn_zps13af7e0d.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vacanoe_zps14fe125d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vacanoe_zps14fe125d.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vacanoe_zps14fe125d.jpg" /></a></div>
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beauty in the ordinary</div>
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<br /></div>
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home cooking</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vastirfry_zpsf8610f37.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vastirfry_zpsf8610f37.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vastirfry_zpsf8610f37.jpg" /></a>
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truly the way to a teenager's heart<br />
<br />
<br />
found beams + wrought iron<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vabarndets_zps634df559.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vabarndets_zps634df559.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vabarndets_zps634df559.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vashower_zpsc0065ae8.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vashower_zpsc0065ae8.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vashower_zpsc0065ae8.jpg" /></a></div>
the very best of barn living<br />
<br />
<br />
surrogate pet snuggles<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-vasammy_zps9b739ab5.jpg.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-vasammy_zps9b739ab5.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-vasammy_zps9b739ab5.jpg" /></a></div>
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(i missed my girls)</div>
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<br />
<br />
linens on the line</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-valaundry_zpse9b7222e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-valaundry_zpse9b7222e.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-valaundry_zpse9b7222e.jpg" /></a>
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misson accomplished. home safe.<br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-45040831442013745062013-02-17T11:23:00.000-05:002013-02-17T11:23:07.952-05:00snowed in, well-fed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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admittedly</div>
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i was like a kid in a candy store</div>
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with the anticipation of the big storm that snowed us in last weekend</div>
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a friday off for my husband</div>
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made the whole thing even better</div>
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(i had house projects on the mind!)</div>
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<br /></div>
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we were well stocked and ready-</div>
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i hit the local farmer's market the week before and loaded up on winter root vegetables and fresh baked breads</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/storm-beets_zps259a8061.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo storm-beets_zps259a8061.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/storm-beets_zps259a8061.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
friday morning was spent at lowes and benjamin moore<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(shockingly i was the only one in the home dec isles! ha...) </span><br />
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we started the long weekend off right</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/storm-lunch_zps417edb03.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo storm-lunch_zps417edb03.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/storm-lunch_zps417edb03.jpg" /></a>
<br />
<i>grilled cheddar, butcher bacon, avocado + honey mustard</i><br />
<i>on <a href="http://blog.greatharvest.com/The-Bread-Business-Blog/bid/62494/Great-Harvest-Bakes-High-Five-Fiber-for-Happiness">great harvest's high 5 fiber</a> (now at <a href="http://www.farmfresh.org/food/farmersmarkets_details.php?market=29">our farmer's market</a>- yahoo!)</i><br />
<br />
before getting down to business<br />
i took a little "me" time<br />
to knit and catch up with a friend<br />
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/babyhat1_zpsb339cce6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo babyhat1_zpsb339cce6.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/babyhat1_zpsb339cce6.jpg" /></a>
<br />
resulting in a super cozy<br />
<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/goingstarfishing/earflap-hat-2">baby blizzard hat</a><br />
for our newest next door neighbor<br />
...<br />
reid and i started painting at 8pm<br />
with lights flickering<br />
we watched the storm really pick up<br />
<br />
by saturday morning<br />
we woke to this</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/storm-window_zps624ae299.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo storm-window_zps624ae299.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/storm-window_zps624ae299.jpg" /></a></div>
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snow day bliss...<br />
<br />
complete with a warm, stick-to-your bones breakfast<br />
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<i>Cheddar scramble w/ roasted cherry tomatoes, sourdough avocado toast and (more!) butcher bacon</i><br />
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spent most of the day shoveling </div>
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while I painted trim</div>
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stopping briefly </div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/stormsoup_zpsb11d6e4c.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo stormsoup_zpsb11d6e4c.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/stormsoup_zpsb11d6e4c.jpg" /></a></div>
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for a bowl of</div>
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<a href="http://www.eatliverun.com/roasted-root-vegetable-bisque/">roasted root vegetable bisque</a></div>
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and then... </div>
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back to the to-do list!</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/stormmittens_zps56fee385.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo stormmittens_zps56fee385.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/stormmittens_zps56fee385.jpg" /></a>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-23277166995747276762013-02-06T10:09:00.001-05:002013-02-06T10:09:34.345-05:00happy list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>a collection</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>of the little things that have made my week</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-little-things.html">started here</a>)</i></div>
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...<br />
<br />
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surprise delivery</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-tulips_zps66159008.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-tulips_zps66159008.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-tulips_zps66159008.jpg" /></a> </div>
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long after the flowers have stopped coming</div>
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winter citrus</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-citrus_zpsf5bb3bae.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-citrus_zpsf5bb3bae.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-citrus_zpsf5bb3bae.jpg" /></a></div>
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because the bright, juicy burst of sweet + tart</div>
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reminds me that summer is just around the bend</div>
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skimming + sanding</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-drywall_zpsb71ce808.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-drywall_zpsb71ce808.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-drywall_zpsb71ce808.jpg" /></a> </div>
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it's not pretty</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
but it's progress...</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-20238066016682374602013-02-04T12:23:00.000-05:002013-02-04T12:23:39.432-05:00winter weekend by the sea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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a winter weekend</div>
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spent by the sea</div>
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with a handful of </div>
very dear friends</div>
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and full </div>
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of favorite things...</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-ice_zpsb7ffcdfa.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-ice_zpsb7ffcdfa.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-ice_zpsb7ffcdfa.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
beach walks</div>
<br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-walk_zps8e6f4b80.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-walk_zps8e6f4b80.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-walk_zps8e6f4b80.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(and for a few, an icy dip, not for public view...)</span></div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-quilt_zps1d342577.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-quilt_zps1d342577.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-quilt_zps1d342577.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />
stitching<br />
bathed in early morning sun <br />
<br /></div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-slippers_zpsc87fb21b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-slippers_zpsc87fb21b.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-slippers_zpsc87fb21b.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
breakfast. perfection.</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-breakfast_zps1cd08023.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-breakfast_zps1cd08023.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-breakfast_zps1cd08023.jpg" /></a></div>
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not kidding.<br />
challah french toast and "christmas" spiced bacon.<br />
#likeohmuhgawd <br />
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-shoot_zps30584e83.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-shoot_zps30584e83.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-shoot_zps30584e83.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(this is what happens when bloggers get together...)</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-emam_zpsa8d6d57a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-emam_zpsa8d6d57a.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-emam_zpsa8d6d57a.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />
reviving <br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/_LC-em_zps11f2969f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo _LC-em_zps11f2969f.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/_LC-em_zps11f2969f.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />
recharging</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-coffeestop_zps2d3c1a69.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-coffeestop_zps2d3c1a69.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-coffeestop_zps2d3c1a69.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(yes, we wore pajamas to the coffee shop. it was an emergency. for real.)</span><br />
<br />
<br />
knitting</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LC-tea_zps2118f776.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LC-tea_zps2118f776.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LC-tea_zps2118f776.jpg" /></a></div>
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over tea<br />
and<br />
girl talk...</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/LCearlyam_zpsdcaa5a51.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo LCearlyam_zpsdcaa5a51.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/LCearlyam_zpsdcaa5a51.jpg" /></a> <br />
<br />
a few days<br />
of just-what-i-needed<br />
company, creating, feasting<br />
and laughter<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>oh, was there ever laughter....</i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">the perfect ending</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">to january</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">and just enough inspiration</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">to get february off on the right foot</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">...</span></span><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">M, E, A, S + B- thank. you. </span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">xoxo </span> </i></span><br />
<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-74968798139307124572013-01-30T16:53:00.001-05:002013-01-30T16:54:12.630-05:00knit with love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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there's something about<br />
knitting something<br />
for someone else-<br />
<br />
winding<br />
twisting<br />
weaving<br />
with each stitch<br />
imagining the giving<br />
and how they'll wear it<br />
<br />
it can be a risk, for sure<br />
there are people <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and no offense if you might be one)</span><br />
who just wouldn't <i>get </i>the goodness of a handmade gift-<br />
think it too granny maybe<br />
or just not appreciative of the hours<br />
spent hunting down the pattern<br />
the just-right yarn<br />
and then the creating<br />
and the pulling-out that comes along with it<br />
...<br />
but em<br />
is just the person<br />
<i>my</i> person<br />
for a made-with-love gift<br />
<br />
and this shawl<br />
for this oh-so-special person<br />
was perfect...<br />
<br />
<br />
the color-</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
silver, but blue, but sometimes purple and slate, too</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shawl4_zpse756e1c8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shawl4_zpse756e1c8.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shawl4_zpse756e1c8.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
the texture-<br />
merino wool. not itchy. squishy</div>
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<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shawl3_zps848eb852.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shawl3_zps848eb852.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shawl3_zps848eb852.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />
<br />
the pattern-<br />
simple. a hint of a ruffle. and a bit raw</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shawl2_zpsbbfc43bf.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shawl2_zpsbbfc43bf.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shawl2_zpsbbfc43bf.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
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the size-<br />
large enough to wrap. and drape. and hold onto a shoulder when thrown on</div>
</div>
<div>
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/shawl1_zpse218fc7c.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo shawl1_zpse218fc7c.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/shawl1_zpse218fc7c.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
and how she wore it?<br />
better than i could have imagined.<br />
for three days straight...<br />
<br />
more on our winter weekend by the sea to come...<br />
...<br />
emily, i hope you wear it until the yarn disintegrates<br />
xoxo</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-76352812844146579742013-01-25T09:52:00.003-05:002013-01-25T09:54:18.586-05:00happy list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>a collection</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>of the little things that have made my week</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(<a href="http://goingstarfishing.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-little-things.html">started here</a>)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
avocado toast<br />
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-avocado_zpsc93f5807.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-avocado_zpsc93f5807.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-avocado_zpsc93f5807.jpg" /></a><br />
the perfect post-swim snack</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
casting off</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-shawl_zpsddf13460.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-shawl_zpsddf13460.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-shawl_zpsddf13460.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
just in time</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
tearing down</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-oldwalls_zps940bb0da.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-oldwalls_zps940bb0da.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-oldwalls_zps940bb0da.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and building up </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-newwalls_zps0ea54f55.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-newwalls_zps0ea54f55.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-newwalls_zps0ea54f55.jpg" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
new walls<br />
makes for a winter full of house projects!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
freshly fallen snow</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/hapy-snowpup_zps010e1133.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo hapy-snowpup_zps010e1133.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/hapy-snowpup_zps010e1133.jpg" /></a><br />
means happy pups</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802250694583238345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718126926640963104.post-45057800867690027222013-01-21T19:25:00.000-05:002013-01-21T19:25:15.977-05:00sweets for the soul<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
winter weekend</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
in a sun-drenched kitchen</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
husband playing DJ</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-mixing_zpsa9965097.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-mixing_zpsa9965097.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-mixing_zpsa9965097.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
dark chocolate<br />
pistachio<br />
sea salt</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-precook_zps25dcb6de.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-precook_zps25dcb6de.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-precook_zps25dcb6de.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
yes. as good as they look...</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://s731.beta.photobucket.com/user/goingstarfishing/media/happy-cookies_zpsa4c7bd6c.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo happy-cookies_zpsa4c7bd6c.jpg" border="0" src="http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/goingstarfishing/happy-cookies_zpsa4c7bd6c.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
craving fulfilled.<br />
oh, the goodness that can come from an internet-free morning!</div>
</div>
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