Good evening, y’all! Here are a couple more outtakes from the September ’16 lake house trip, detailing two of my favorite activities — a little topless kayak trip in the late afternoon, followed by a cool-down in the water to rest my old muscles. The second part is typically done while Holden is cooking something… Continue reading The Ol’ Paddle-n-Soak
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Away and Back Again
Hello, everyone! I spent 18 days in Texas before returning on Wednesday and I am so, so happy to be home! Little things, like today’s trip to the grocery store with Holden, make me appreciate the absence of chaos that comes from keeping things simple and planning ahead. It was wonderful to spend extended time… Continue reading Away and Back Again
Taking a Dip
Happy weekend, friends! I was so happy to see that the next archive folder to dig through* was from a weekend at the lake house in mid-September of 2016. Reminiscing about being outdoors in warm weather is just what I needed, as I’m already done with the cold weather. I did get to enjoy a… Continue reading Taking a Dip
Decked
You’ll forgive us, we hope, for deviating from our archive progression for this week’s post. We just experienced a week with our coldest temperatures of the winter, so far, and I found myself daydreaming of summer, as I stood shivering at the bus stop. This is from late summer of 2016, when we found ourselves… Continue reading Decked
Ours (6 of 10)
The summer of 2014 was a high-water mark (so to speak) for photography in the great outdoors. Holden’s choice for today is from Worship (August 26, 2014), and it’s the second image in his top ten that was taken at the lake house. I really love this one, as well, and I remember very well how brave… Continue reading Ours (6 of 10)