I promised you a little series on “getting ready to get ready,” aka “thinking about Advent” — and I know you will forgive me for not having the usual random and disconnected photos to go along with this post, as I am not at home. Maybe you will survive with a low-image-quality-high-cuteness-content baby photo. Do… Read More »
Ask Auntie Leila: Help me gird my loins for Advent and Christmas
I’m here with Sukie as we await the birth of Freddie’s baby brother. (So if the photo is sideways or something, please forgive me!) I’m thinking of you as my inbox is somewhat overflowing with advice-seeking on Advent and Christmas, and I sense a special urgency to answer these questions because on the one hand, everything… Read More »
{pretty, happy, funny, real} ~ first week of Advent edition
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! {pretty} I think last weekend Pippo must have suggested about twenty times that it was time for us to go for a walk “to get branches and berries for our Advent wreath.” And then when when we… Read More »
Dried hydrangeas in the first week of Advent.
So that was Thanksgiving — not many people at the homestead this year, but still just as much preparation! (This combination — fewer people, lots of prep — enabled me to “live Instagram” some of my doings — thanks for joining me in that! I’m thinking of adding more tips and ways of… Read More »
Thankful, Preparing, & Cinnamon Roll Braided Bread.
Thankful! We are thankful for you, our readers! We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving and a fruitful start of Advent, the time of preparing! We will be seeing you next week, so this post will be a hurry-up-and-get-it-all-in from moi, your faithful blogger. Whether you are aware of it or not, the universe carries on a… Read More »