Soaring and Stillness: Life with the Chickadees

I have to admit, I just contributed to the creativity this week. With girls? It's all about color and sparkle. I found and supplied the paint and glitter stickers along with a smock. The idea arose after the prof and I discussed the joy of playing with boxes as children. Throw me a bone here...did anyone else do that? You know, when your parents or a neighbor or long lost relative purchased a new appliance and it came in that huge cardboard box that had the amazing ability to transform into a house/spaceship/retail establishment? Hours of enjoyment...I'm sighing and smiling just recalling those moments. Well, following the aforementioned conversation, I arrived home from using the elliptical to find this in our family room: My dynamic duo had assembled a whole bunch of Amazon boxes to form a submarine. This project had "Daddy" written all over it. There was a new captain in town, and her boat was purposefully headed to the depths. I am quite sure that Little Bit c...

My buddy, Sara , hosts a weekly link all about expressing one's creativity. In and of herself, Sara is probably one of the most creative people I know...everything she does results in excellence and beauty and I consider it an honor to be called "friend" by this amazing woman. When we went to visit her a few weeks ago, I had planned to do something that would bring color and beauty and life to her world. I desired to gift her with something that would last far beyond the days of our trip, and which would remind her that she's thought of and treasured every single day. I also needed something completely maintenance free, as I didn't want my sweet friend to have to call anyone in to assist her in caring for what we would do... My project began at Home Depot, where the chicks, the Professor and I carefully perused the rows of perennials . As a side note , flower selection is far greater in East Tennessee due to to yearly temperature ranges, but I was quite pleased w...