More Living Life in Photos...

This is just a little bit of the living we have been doing...being present in the moment and savoring every little or big thing. Time goes by way too fast to ignore all the possibilities there are in just a single moment...blink and it is gone forever.

Observing in awe the world around us and beyond...

Enjoying the many wonders in nature...








Handmade valentine's and homemade chocolate candy...


His first indoor soccer season has come and gone...



New photo collages for the wall...


Blocks being built into whole towns...


Math wizard award being collected by the little guy...


Lots of books being read and enjoyed...



Strawberries to be picked...




Lots of baking going on...




Lots of cooking going on too...




Learned basket weaving...first basket...



Still not finished...


Second basket...and Easter basket for the little guy...



Third basket for a dear friend...







New library...office...art studio for little guy, hubby and me...


New bedroom newly painted and carpeted for college son...



Have been doing alot of knitting...


New hat for the little guy...(boyfriend hat from ravelry)


New hat for hubby...boyfriend hat from Ravelry...


Knitted a third hat on my own for college son, but it was too, too big...more like a very slouchy hat. He was not into it...so new hat for me...

Hope living in the moment is part of your day...we are here but for a short time we might as well make the most of it. Enjoy your day...

My favorite quotes:
"Butterflies count not months but moments and have time enough..."
"Be happy for this moment...for this moment it is your life"

Slowing Down to Actually Live Life...

Our first ever vegetable garden...planted on Mother's Day...









I have often wondered how, when life is so busy, do we slow down to actually live life...to live it the way we really want to. Everyday there seems to be something pulling at us. Whether it's our jobs, chores around the house, cars in need of repairs, sick children, grocery shopping to be done, or any one of a million things, it doesn't really matter what it is that is demanding our attention. All the truly important things tend to take a back seat to whatever it is.

It has to be a conscious decision to make sure we are present in our lives...this is why I haven't been as present here in blogland as I would of liked for the last year or so. I have been trying to be present in my life with my family and friends.

These photos are the living I (we) have been up to...in no particular order...

3 Yummy Treats from 1 Yummy Fruit...

Oh, what a gorgeous and yummy fruit the Meyer Lemon is. Had a few on hand to try them. I squeezed the juice out for a pitcher of homemade lemonade, ate the flesh just because, and cooked the skin into candied citrus peel.

I remember being in elementary school, about 2nd or 3rd grade, and a girl in my class had this in her lunch pretty much every week. She gave me a piece to try and I have never forgotten that yummy goodness...sweet but tangy...I was hooked.

Several years later when I was a 7th grader, I tried my hand at this oh so simple candy. Much to my disappointment it was a complete failure! I never tried it again. All these years later I decided to give it another try. I have come to realize that it was possibly due to my impatient nature that the candy had not turned out as it should (read I didn't let it cook long enough).

So as I write here on my blog, I wait patiently for the boiling sugar and water to cook the lemon peel to a tender translucent gem. I still cannot wait to taste it, but I am a much more patient and experienced cook now.

Okay, you are going to get a chuckle out of this...the candy still has not turned out right! I think I was a little too patient. The candy cooked past the syrup stage and into the hard tack stage...anyone care to try my lemon peel brittle?

This is live blogging at it's best folks...no time delays used here...

It actually tastes really good...maybe I have come up with a new taste sensation...so I can keep the title of my post. Hurray!

New Post With Pics Coming Soon...

It has been quite a while since my last blog post...been busy living life. I do miss it however, and want to be able to do it right. Have been working on some new projects and they've been taking up what little free time I do have. The little guy takes the majority of my free time, but that is definitely as it should be...we are working on something together. Be back soon! Hope the new year is going well for everyone out there in blogland...Sandi