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	<title type="text">small things</title>
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	<updated>2026-08-15T18:39:50Z</updated>

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			<name>Ginny</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Spring into Summer: flowers, books, and a Baptism]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-08-15T18:39:50Z</updated>
		<published>2026-08-15T18:39:50Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="beekeeping" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="books" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="flowers" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="my children" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="nature" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="our catholic faith" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="Our Shop" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="pets" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="Yarn Along" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="Little Meadows" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is too much for one post, I know! I have tried to make this a summer of organizing our messy spaces (and have been moderately succesful), spending intentional time outdoors, reading good books, and trying not to panic about the imminent return to homeschooling. I&#8217;m so behind here on the blog, that it&#8217;s hard [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Ginny</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[playing catch up]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-07-12T12:02:05Z</updated>
		<published>2026-07-11T16:38:55Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="family" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="my children" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="nature" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[These photos are from early spring, but Ambrose and I still enjoy our snail friends. These photos were taken shortly after the eggs hatched that our snail, Salome, laid. The babies are so tiny-that&#8217;s an egg shell in the left of the frame for reference. (The snails eat eggshells for calcium.) That&#8217;s Salome in the [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Ginny</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Evening Release]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-06-15T16:57:36Z</updated>
		<published>2026-06-15T16:57:36Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hi, I know it&#8217;s been months&#8230; I have a million things to update you on and hopefully I will be able to soon. For now, photos from last night&#8217;s turtle release. Ambrose brought home a little painted turtle a week or so ago, in hopes of keeping it. I told him that wasn&#8217;t possible, and [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Ginny</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Spring Beauties]]></title>
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		<id>https://gsheller.com/?p=49617</id>
		<updated>2026-03-17T22:40:45Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-17T22:40:45Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="finished knits" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="flowers" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="nature" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="Our Shop" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="pottery" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="Little Meadows" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I shared some thoughts about pottery making over on Instagram yesterday, namely that it&#8217;s hard, but I keep trying! The little vase in these photos is one I made on our wheel here at home. It was sort of a happy accident as I am still not a consistent potter. I never really know what [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Ginny</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[These Middle Years]]></title>
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		<id>https://gsheller.com/?p=49570</id>
		<updated>2026-03-06T02:15:48Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-06T02:14:35Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="jigsaw puzzles" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="knitting" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="nature" /><category scheme="https://gsheller.com" term="grandchildren" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I laugh that February used to be the month I thought of as just having to survive. February is now the month that flies by so quickly that I hardly notice it, though this one was particularly wintery with far more snow and ice than we are accustomed to here. We spent weeks cautiously walking [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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