Keep on spreading the good word!

SunChips has created a compostable bag. How wonderful?!?

Let's hope that this starts a trend, not only in the food industry.

Although my 3 person family is down to 1 bag of garbage a week, our recycling bin is still overflowing.

We need better packaging solutions and I think this is just perfect.

One side will make you grow taller...

All the fancy toys money can buy don't add up to the simple pleasures that can be had in you own backyard. Our neighbors, Haley & Erica picked some wild mushrooms with their Grandma and just had to come over and share them.

They loved the texture of the different caps and their long stems.

They played for ages and then chased each other around the lawn barefoot.

Preparing the Land for Our New Garden

A rewarding lunch menu for all our hard work...
Fresh Squeezed Strawberry Lemonade

Ravioli and sweet potatoes on top of mixed greens with organic chives from a friend's local farm drizzled with extra virgin olive oil
And homemade pizza made on the grill topped with tomato sauce, red peppers, leftover roasted chicken and fresh basil from our herb garden.

Hudson Valley Etsy Team - Spring Finds

Etsy Treasury East

Pretty things from my amazingly talented team!

Last Big Blow-out on Lilly...

I have been away from my blog because of my very bittersweet part from my old home on Lilly Street. However... we did leave with a bang. MaryJane's "Wizard of Oz" themed 3rd birthday party closed out our time spent there. It was loud and overcrowded, bare walls, and minimal furniture, but I think it was just perfect for saying goodbye.

Portrait of Mom

So... technically she is still two (will be three next month), but I think this is a pretty impressive portrait of mom.




















With hair...











And pretty shoes.

Valentine's Day

We had a lovely Valentine's morning at Bank Square in Beacon followed by a trip to the Dia.

Bank Square has the most amazing white chocolate cappucchino and chocolate chip cookies made with sea salt to give that heavenly balance of salty and sweet.

We met the baker, Carly and her adorable daughter, Ella, and their dog Graham who gave MJ aValentine's smoocher.

The Dia seemed a wonderland to an almost 3 year old. The exhibits were like giants and the open space to run and skip was oh so much fun.

MaryJane really liked the Pirate ships she could run in and out of and the aquamarine in the Warhol exhibit.