Making It In Vermont

We Thank Thee

Thank you, For the snow falling this day before Thanksgiving morning- For frolicking happy boys- For sleepy cooing babies- For a cozy house warmed by a wood stove- For yummy food that fills our tummies- Thank you for tangible ways for my boys hearts to grow, ways...

It was time.

Running up a slide time Peaceful moment to read time Snuggled close to sleep time Finding food to eat time Seed pods in the wind time ...

Taking it apart: a few minutes in the studio

Up early this morning. With baby neatly tucked next to Kevin in bed I was able to sneak into my studio. I went down the basement and brought up an old painting I had made in college, it got damaged in our sometimes wet cellar and I thought I would paint over it. ...

Summer, my Photo Tile Jewelry and Punxsutawney Phil

Hi Everyone! I hope you are all having a great summer, staying cool, and enjoying some amazing days and nights! Well today I saw my shadow, and I know I’m not Punxsutawney Phil, but I think, disregarding the start of the school year, we’ve actually got SIX more weeks of summer! That means you...

Elemental Memories is open for Summer 2011 ~

Summer is here! And this year summer brings lots of changes at Elemental Memories Photo Tile Jewelry… After a six month haitus from Elemental Memories where I went through about 24 weeks of morning/all day sickness (about 8 weeks more than I usually have), went for long early morning walks, experienced a major...

Sugaring All the Live Long Day…

Sugaring is time intensive work. Here are a few shots from yesterdays activities. for a little comparison here’s some photos of the boys sugaring in 2009 – man they are getting big. Is my husband really from this century? Happy Spring Everyone!!! ~Lisa

The farm is almost in full production!

We tasted our first syrup of the season today. There was a very short run of sap from our trees on Sat/Sun. just after Kevin tapped most of them, so we ended up with about 5 gallons of sap. It was not enough to boil on our outside set up, so we boiled it last night and...

Praise dark rain clouds…

Church yesterday was challenging. It usually is with at least some of the kids, but they all managed to break Kevin and I down and humble us in so many ways this time. I’ll give you the breakdown by child: K- (my 7 year old) From the moment we sat down in our pew there was...

Making it all work :) new business and life news

Join me for this 2 minute video I took yesterday morning (it was a chilly 2 degrees out) where I explain my recent decision to take a hiatus from Elemental Memories instead of close. I also share some personal news at the end! ~Lisa

ME Time

This morning I dropped my oldest son off at a birthday party and then went to …*STARBUCKS*. The following is an edited excerpt from what I wrote during that blissful hour and a half: This feels so incredibly foreign to me right now. I feel timid, as if I am an imposter and do not really belong...