We are all reunited!

Super duper short post just to note that we are all back under the same roof (well, actually the younger girls and I are just about to go pick up Kali from a playdate so currently we are not all under the same roof) and it has been reaffirmed for me yet again how wonderful our three gals are and how exponentially more complicated life is with three wonderful girls rather than one!  It was so very good to see them walk up the front walk on Sunday and it was also so clear what a wonderful week they had with cousins and grandparents. Special times full of memory-making!

It also felt like a good week on the home front. Towards the end of it, Terah was talking more about her sisters and when I talked about them coming home she would say "yay!" Jason and I had an easier time getting out for morning runs with Terah and also managed to squeeze in a walk, some blueberry picking and a morning coffee and Wendell Berry reading time. Not a bad start to the day (especially when the mug of coffee is accompanied by a bowl of our new favorite chocolate mousse made by blending homemade ricotta, cocoa powder and maple syrup - YUM!)

Speaking of food, yes we do still photograph our food and sometimes the simpler the better. This was a recent lunch that highlighted this season - the first tomatoes and peppers, fresh cucumbers and blackberries, cooked down blueberries, fresh cottage cheese, and some veggie fritters and stinging nettle biscuits. I don't get tired of summer meals, in summer anyway (I guess come winter I don't get tired of squash soups but I sure wouldn't want that now). The jury is out on how many tomatoes will get as our chickens have learned to get in our main garden and are also doing a number on our cooking tomatoes outside the main garden. Time will tell!

Here's a few more pictures of the girls - Terah enjoying the sticker books her sisters got for her while they were away and then some snuggle times with our two younger girls who are either loving on each other or picking on each other (spending most moments together with lots of joy and some angst). I guess it's nice to not picture the angst but it is definitely part of their experience living together!

I'll end with a short video and a reminder about our Tangly Woods website. Jason has not appeared for a guest post here for awhile because all his writing time has been devoted to his monthly blog posts at tanglywoods.com. The most recent one on "Our Work of Grief" is a bit more personal in nature, including some poems and reflections on losses we are experiencing with those close to us. You are welcome to sign up to receive those blog posts on the right side of that home page - scroll down just a bit and you'll see the option.

And finally, here's Terah using a little horsey we are borrowing that she loves. I don't remember our other girls flying around the house on it. She does get bucked off sometimes but normally is back on after a hug and some sympathy!