waldorf mama

this moment...

a single photo capturing a simple, special, extraordinary moment from the week. inspired by soulemama.

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this week, i am grateful for...

:: reliving a recent family trip as i'm continuing to plow through and edit my photos (could i have actually taken that many photos in one day's time?) of some of the painted churches of texas (hoping to get that promised tour post up...soon)!

:: weathering the small setbacks and rejoicing in the continued improvement of wesley's brother as he presses onward in his recovery from lymphoma.

:: enjoying our daily breakfast tacos and french toast at a favorite little local cafe.

in gratitude,

shelley

a blanket of love...

our waldorf school's handwork group finished the noro silk garden blanket that we've been working on collaboratively! 30 squares, lovingly knit and pieced together, one square at a time, to represent the 30 amazing years that our school has been in existence. what a joy and pleasure it was to meet with, work with and knit with a group of like-minded waldorf mamas to create this beautiful blanket of love for our school! i am honored to have been able to participate in this project, as well as being the one to photograph the finished product...

(detailed ravelry notes here)

it will be auctioned off at our school's big fundraising event in april and we hope that it fetches a nice price - although, truly...it's quite priceless in so very many ways. :)

this moment...

a single photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. inspired by soulemama. if you're inspired to do the same, share a link to your moment in the comments...

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this week, i am grateful for...

:: his cool new sunglasses.

:: snow!

:: all of the wonderful comments in response to my blogiversary giveaway for a custom knit scrappy gnome hat (comments will be open through sunday and the winner announced on monday)!

in gratitude,

shelley

a knitting retreat...

i recently had the pleasure of attending the most amazing knitting retreat - yes, a knitting retreat! a weekend totally and completely devoted to knitting and enjoying the company of 20 other lovely knitting mamas (one of our more ambitious mamas organized the whole event). the setting was a magnificent and extraordinary location, moriah, situated on three secluded acres near lake travis here in central texas and consisted of three historic log cabins that have been meticulously restored. two of the cabins were for our lodging (and, i must say, the bed i slept in had THE most comfortable mattress i do believe i've ever slept on)...

the third building was a grand hall where we all met together to knit (whether that was inside, on the porch or around the adjacent fire pit) as well as enjoy our exquisitely prepared meals (one of our knitting mamas is a gourmet chef!)...

we had show-n-tell of any finished knits we brought with us and we all ooh'd and ahh'd over each other's work. we shared patterns. and yarn. and expertise. and just about everything that has anything to do with knitting.

we even had a massage therapist available to us on one day for both full body and chair massages! to say the experience was absolutely magical would truly be an understatement. as you can imagine, we're already planning another retreat in the spring!

happy earth day...

a trip with friends to the botanical garden was a perfect way to celebrate earth day...

happy earth day to all!

a new camera...

well, it's been a rather exciting weekend for me...i must say. our tax refund came in and guess what i spent my alloted portion on? that's right, a new camera body! a nikon d90. after shooting on the d70s for a while now, i thought it was perfect timing for an upgrade. and, of course, i can continue to use my favorite 50mm nikkor lens with this new body. i can't wait to get in a little practice and start shooting with this new baby. i'm pretty excited about it! hopefully, over time, i will continue to hone my photography skills and my photos will improve a bit here. :-)

happy monday, everyone!

shelley

snow day...

here in texas, we don't get a lot of snow. so when we do, we make the most of it...

wishing you all fun in the snow...

shelley