Ancient Pictures

What with me being so sick this month, I haven't been up to much of anything. Of course, I got behind on posts again. Oh, well, I don't really care. It would be nice to be more up to date, but life is always happening for real, not just in photos I want to blog about.

Apparently, calendulas are pretty tough little guys; although they are now long gone. 

After I picked this last sprout of basil, the flowers continued to bloom for a surprisingly long time inside.

Merry Christmas!

This year we got to make the happy announcement of baby number three on the way. 

The Creek

 

Recently I took a walk at the creek. It's looking very wintery these days. It was refreshing even though it was cold and barren. 

This was a neat part of the creek I had never been to before. In winter you can discover new things in the woods. 

Many Random Little Things

I love being able to stick my hand out the door, pick some fresh oregano, and season my own pizza with the herbs I grew. 

My terrible picture of what I think was the northern lights. 

A walk to the library. 

This scene with the sun shining in just makes me happy. Some things are so joyful.

My hardy calendula with a bee. 

Taliya is looking more like a little girl and less like a toddler these days. 

I love the sun flooding our room. 

This little bottle with green fresh herbs is so cheerful. 

A little violet I found the other day. 

I'm feeling inspired to stay a little more caught up because St. Nicholas Day is just around the corner, and I have so many exciting ideas for decorating our house all Christmasy. 

Early Snow

A couple weeks ago, we got our first snow. Later that week it was back up to the 70's. 

So many leaves were still on the trees. 

And flowers were still blooming. 

I picked the last of my peppers before the freeze ate them up.

I finally found out this is calendula. It turns out to be a very harder flower. It is one of the few things that survived freezing weather, and it's still blooming to this day. 

The cosmos did not make it. 

It didn't last long, but it was pretty.