happy thanksgiving everybody!

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity... It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and a vision for tomorrow."
-Melodie Beattie

the seasons have changed from the present to past...

Adam had off work for Veteran's Day so we walked around Roosevelt Island and then visited Grandpa Robertson's grave at Cheltenham. It was a beautiful day.

these are a few of my favorite things...

Oatmeal cookies and the aroma that floats around my house for days after they have gone.

Listening to my husband trying to argue with a two-year-old about who technically owns our bathtub.
Trying a new recipe(preferably something new and exciting and that forces me to buy an ingredient I don't already have).
Both of my children napping at the same time.
A weeded garden.
That unconscious realm of sleep that only newborn babies seem to be able to tap in to.
Going to farmers markets to buy produce and whatever else looks tantalizing.
Sleeping with the windows open.
Candid pictures.

ps. we have adopted a kitten that was abandoned at adam's work... she sleeps in hats... her name is joni mitchell... cat stephens tried to teach her to climb our stairs yesterday.

the chestnut leaves wide open as a hand...

....a little bit of color from my backyard to you!

Isaac and I have been dying to get out of the house as the past several days have been rainy... a good walk around the pond is in order.

sticks and snails and puppy dog tails...

there are very few pictures of the three of us in existence...

isaac thinks he's a bicycle

difficult to resist getting soaking wet

my easy-going self-sufficient ezra!

shimmering orbs that glitter and dance...

daddy and ezra at the church picnic last sunday... ezra is the make-out king. he likes to be in very close proximity to your face at all times.

isaac and i are roasting a turkey and blowing bubbles today. all day.
check out "Blowing Soap Bubbles" by Barbara Crooker... beautiful!

what's orange and round and filled with seeds?

At last pumpkin carving season is upon us! Today we toasted pumpkin seeds and it officially feels like autumn. We also had our first frost last night so hopefully we will start to see some color on our trees.

I want to look into joining a local farm co-op... we'll see.