the desert

“You can eat an elephant” is one of the seven “life lessons” my dad taught us when we, as a family, camped out in Oregon for a summer in order to build a log cabin. Yep, you heard that right, my parents lugged us all up to this spot in…

…and your sisters love you too:) And you all love hiking. And service. And talking. Oh, and eating, of course. When my sisters asked how they could help celebrate my birthday of course the answer was sisters hiking. Because that’s what we do as we discuss the whole wide world.…

Oh I love orange season in the desert! Every year I’m amazed all over again that I can just go pick all that goodness glory from my very own trees. Oranges came in extra handy when there’s so much vitamin C needed (Covid was going around our neighborhood like crazy…

If you’re sick to death of my blabbing on about how much I love the desert, maybe go ahead and skip this post. Because this is going to be chock-full of some serious desert beauty. You see, I got to go to the desert botanical gardens years and years ago…

We went on a walk right before Christmas and our neighborhood was so aglow with beauty I could hardly stand it. Specifically one row of tall trees filled up with golden glory took my breath away. I vowed to come back and enjoy them with my girls before those leaves…

Or Elle, as we know and love her here at home…it was so fun to have her HOME for the big day. I wrote about what I love about her back HERE, but here’s what we did to celebrate: Lucy, true to form, was very on top of the prep…

There are many times I forget why in heaven’s name we live in the desert. Those are the days when I can’t even think very straight since I’m just trying to keep from melting in the heat. But in the winter? That is when I remember. Right now we live…

It is spring here in the desert.  Everything is in full bloom.  The flowers are budding, the birds are chirping, and if only I could bottle up the smell of the orange blossoms filling the air everywhere you go.  Oh boy.   It’s all glorious except for the fact that…