Shotsnaps

This deserves its own place not because of the picture quality, but because of the accompanying quote. We had been living in the old homest...

I shoveled out 10 wheelbarrows of old manure from the new chicken coop in order to clear a corner for the chickens. Sumac Gold approves of t...

I finally made Millie an apron for her seventh birthday. She wanted me to take her picture in the tree. And then I took some by the blank w...

How could you not know we have royal blood in this family? And this one, purely to store for blackmail purposes when they're older.

Our new driveway must have been made on the graves of pirates, because it's chock full of treasure. I can't tell you how many bags ...

Another favorite playground at our new home isn't the safest of the bunch, but it might be the coolest. They've named it "Nails...

And then there are the days I find doll soup Millie has arranged on the sunroom rug. Millie gathers bags of "herbs and spices" and...

You can bet we're going to pick hickory nuts when my mom tells us they're ready. Even Piper pitched in. Susannah worked like she was...

We have enough for the winter, my mom has gathered enough for several nations of squirrels (those who know my mom know that I write that in ...

Piper wakes up in the van last Sunday. Here's the lesson. One: Rub eyes Two: Give your mama The Look. Three: Do your exercises.

The girls ran indoors, breathless, to announce, "Christmas is here! It's amazing! Christmas is here!!! I'd noticed Millie cut...