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A Winter Hike in Germany and Danish Home Cooking
by Krista | May 16, 2011 | Gulliver Tuesday
There is something so magical about tramping through the snow in Germany at twilight. The world seems quieter and everything takes on an ethereal glow. My family had just met at a local shopping mall in Boblingen for coffee, cookies and a visit, happy to be out of the...
Good Changes for A Beautiful Life
by Krista | May 15, 2011 | Bootstrap Monday
Good morning, dear ones! How was your weekend? I stuck close to home, taking time to tidy and clean and organize - those things that got set aside while I was so sick. It feels wonderful to look around me now and see clear counters and laundry folded and put away. It...
One Small Thing and A Balloon
by Krista | May 12, 2011 | Fabulous Friday
When this week started I felt exhausted, emotionally wrung out, gutted by pain and grief in my life and the lives of so many I love and those I don't even know. It was one of those moments when I wanted all the hurt in the world to please just stop, for a day, a few...
What I Found On The Forest Floor
by Krista | May 11, 2011 | Plucky Thursday
"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit." -Robert Louis Stevenson- I hadn't planned to go...
Wordless Wednesday: Cozumel
by Krista | May 10, 2011 | Compatriot Wednesday
Exploring Windmills in the Wintry Netherlands
by Krista | May 10, 2011 | Gulliver Tuesday
It was the morning of New Year's Eve 2010, a few hours before my brother Ryan was going to propose to his girlfriend Melissa. My parents and I had been assigned the task of keeping Melissa occupied so he could run madly about Amsterdam getting everything put together....
Grief, Happiness, and Grandpa’s Brown Sugar Toast
by Krista | May 9, 2011 | Bootstrap Monday
My beloved Grandpa, Harold Roberts, died this weekend. He was able to see all seven of his children and woke just long enough to tell my Mum and her two sisters he loved them. Then he was gone. It is strange to think of this world without him. Odd to think of family...
Peaceful Dusk In Ireland
by Krista | May 5, 2011 | Fabulous Friday
Hello dear ones. I wish I could reach through my computer screen tonight and hug each of you so tight. It's been a rough few weeks for me and I feel wrung out like an old dishrag. My dear friend died, my Grandpa is dying and will leave us any moment, my uncle is in...
A Field of Sunflowers, Australia
by Krista | May 4, 2011 | Plucky Thursday
“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.” - Henry Ward...
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