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today

Lorie — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 23:17:15 +0000

1, 2 outside our window / 3 gray morning light / 4 hello little babies / 5, 6 beautiful art in this book, enjoyed by toddler and mama / 7, 8 flashcards, encouraging her interests

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starting off

Lorie — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:05:23 +0000

play time at Orchard Beach / after the storm / Marine Park / visiting grandma at the Poconos (zero F! brr) / playground days Restarting my blog (again) after almost a year-long radio silence. I was tempted to start with a clean

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from the photo archives

Lorie — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 03:47:23 +0000

Summer of 2013, we went to see my mother-in-law while she was staying in the Poconos. I remember having fresh-baked keks (Russian sweet bread) and watermelon out on the back deck while giving peanuts to the chipmunks and watching the birds

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Mushroom Soup

Lorie — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 17:30:56 +0000

The photos below remind me of the day I made this mushroom soup. I remember one moment vividly – looking at the clock, seeing it was 4:30 pm, and thinking, “Really? How did that happen?” I still needed to take a shower,

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yellow

Lorie — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 02:37:58 +0000

A little spring inside while it snowed most of the day outside.

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encounters

Lorie — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:00:24 +0000

We recently enjoyed this documentary film that focuses on people that live and work in Antarctica. The film touches on some odd bits of science, and shows beautiful scenes of the continent’s seas and landscapes, but it’s the people that take

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Just another Friday

Lorie — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:55:14 +0000

My corner // we live in a rental right now so sooner or later we’ll move on from this place. When that happens, I will miss our cozy kitchen, and the natural light that we get plenty of in this

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Almond Cookies

Lorie — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 04:06:00 +0000

I tried to make pignoli cookies last week and it was a huge failure. All the recipes I found online used almond paste and I decided to make it myself instead of using store-bought. The almond paste turned out well and I

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February

Lorie — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:18:43 +0000

Feb 2012 – Delaware Water Gap – a hike up the Mt. Tammany summit and hanging around the Appalachian trail. Because I love the four seasons, I usually don’t mind winter at all. There’s a beauty to the bare trees and the snow-covered

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the blues

Lorie — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:19:23 +0000

I’ve been in a funk for a few days and it’s proving hard to shake off. Other than feeling down for no apparent reason, it’s so hard to get anything started. I like to get the busy and tedious chores

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