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snapshots on a Friday

Things have been busy around here!  We have some friends of friends staying with us for the next few days and so have been eagerly preparing for them and now are enjoying their visit.  They work in Romania and are in Sicily for vacation.  It seems that Sicily is doing her best to welcome them, for it is a glorious spring day with temperatures in the mid-60s, filled with birdsong and sunshine.  The kids are out on the balcony enjoying the warm Sicilian sun to their heart’s content.

Here are a few photos from my phone, all taken within the last few weeks.  Happy weekend, everyone!

“I have got to find those clothespins Mama hid in here!”
& starting a newly commissioned knitting project 
what you do when your baby wakes up with a stiff head of hair that smells like spit up: give her a bath at 8am!
& enjoying her bath book, which I read every summer in my grandparents’ tub when I was a child

 admiring the view of the valley with her daddy 
& still her favorite thing to do: watch the wash go ’round and ’round

a trip to the library after church 
& another day in the library… look what we found!
5 :: in family, home sweet home, Lena, Sicily

snapshots on a Friday

Things have been busy around here!  We have some friends of friends staying with us for the next few days and so have been eagerly preparing for them and now are enjoying their visit.  They work in Romania and are in Sicily for vacation.  It seems that Sicily is doing her best to welcome them, for it is a glorious spring day with temperatures in the mid-60s, filled with birdsong and sunshine.  The kids are out on the balcony enjoying the warm Sicilian sun to their heart’s content.

Here are a few photos from my phone, all taken within the last few weeks.  Happy weekend, everyone!

“I have got to find those clothespins Mama hid in here!”
& starting a newly commissioned knitting project 
what you do when your baby wakes up with a stiff head of hair that smells like spit up: give her a bath at 8am!
& enjoying her bath book, which I read every summer in my grandparents’ tub when I was a child

 admiring the view of the valley with her daddy 
& still her favorite thing to do: watch the wash go ’round and ’round

a trip to the library after church 
& another day in the library… look what we found!
5 :: in family, home sweet home, Lena, Sicily

almond blossoms in our valley

I am feeling slightly overwhelmed right now after downloading about 600 pictures onto our computer.  We took a weekend trip and have come back with more photos than I know what to do with!  Eventually these will be turned into some fun blog posts, but can anyone else relate to the feeling of way too much data to sort through at times?

In the interim, here are a few photos of a beautiful evening hike in our valley last weekend.  The almond buds are turning into pinkish blossoms here and the air has a touch of spring in it.

This photo made me laugh because what on earth do I have on my feet?!  Then I realized it was my hiking boots.  They look like enormous platform shoes!

Ahh the almond blossoms…

Elliott took a photo of me taking photos.  Despite about 10 minutes of dedicated labor, I only came away with a couple of good shots. Maybe that’s how photography goes?  Hopefully not one day…

We kept hiking and then rounded a hill.  And there in front of us was an entire flock of sheep!  We haven’t been quite so close to them before, although frequently we have to wait for them to cross the road or see them grazing in the valley from our balcony.

We sat down nearby to admire them and take some photos.  Lena, meanwhile, struggled to get free and then crawled off to begin examining blades of grass and tall weeds.

I took this video of Lena enjoying the grass as the sheep grazed.  There’s a view of our house from the valley, too.

3 :: in Italy, Lena, pretty places, Sicily, video

almond blossoms in our valley

I am feeling slightly overwhelmed right now after downloading about 600 pictures onto our computer.  We took a weekend trip and have come back with more photos than I know what to do with!  Eventually these will be turned into some fun blog posts, but can anyone else relate to the feeling of way too much data to sort through at times?

In the interim, here are a few photos of a beautiful evening hike in our valley last weekend.  The almond buds are turning into pinkish blossoms here and the air has a touch of spring in it.

This photo made me laugh because what on earth do I have on my feet?!  Then I realized it was my hiking boots.  They look like enormous platform shoes!

Ahh the almond blossoms…

Elliott took a photo of me taking photos.  Despite about 10 minutes of dedicated labor, I only came away with a couple of good shots. Maybe that’s how photography goes?  Hopefully not one day…

We kept hiking and then rounded a hill.  And there in front of us was an entire flock of sheep!  We haven’t been quite so close to them before, although frequently we have to wait for them to cross the road or see them grazing in the valley from our balcony.

We sat down nearby to admire them and take some photos.  Lena, meanwhile, struggled to get free and then crawled off to begin examining blades of grass and tall weeds.

I took this video of Lena enjoying the grass as the sheep grazed.  There’s a view of our house from the valley, too.

3 :: in Italy, Lena, pretty places, Sicily, video

a Valentine’s Day card for her daddy

Yesterday a mom I was talking to mentioned making a cute hand print V-Day card with her daughter.  It sounded so sweet and simple.  So I thought Lena and I could do one of our first craft projects together!

And her daddy loved it, of course.
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