Who doesn't love a good craft sale? Especially one close to the holiday season for some unique gift purchases and seasonal fun. I do! My mom and I attend the Scandinavian Christmas Market year after year to line up and hopefully get some traditional baking. The bake...
A short walk from my family home there is a network of trails that the locals have built and maintained for the past several years. My dad and I have recently discovered them and went for a hike on Easter weekend. It was unusually warm that day and almost felt like...
Each year Christmas traditions are celebrated and new ones begin. I'm a huge fan of tradition and taking notice to the things my family has done year after year. I've learned that the decorations we display, food we make, gatherings we attend and even the music we...
Happy National Tree Day! Let's take a moment to celebrate our native trees and the fact that without them we wouldn't have our beautiful forests. Also happy first day of Autumn! Trees have been an inspiration to me for as long as I can remember. I've been trying to...
Have you ever visited the Giant’s Causeway in Norther Ireland? Do you know the legend of the giant Fionn MacCool?
During 2014 I posted a series of blog posts called "12 Things I Learned in the Forest." These stories were so fun to write and really gave me a chance to reflect on my time growing up in a forest. Each story featured a lesson that helped me grow into the person I am...
To complete my series on lessons I learned from the forest I compiled all of them in order with links to each page. These are all written about personal experiences and fond memories of spending time with my family through the seasons among the trees and nature. I...
We've arrived at the end of the 12 lessons I learned from the forest series. It's been pretty fun reflecting on all of these special moments I shared with my family on our forest path. It's really interesting how so many little things can have such an impact on our...
There are people who have great attention to detail and notice things that others most likely would overlook. I'm one of those attention to detail people. It's a characteristic that I can thank the beautiful forest path for. The forest is always changing but certain...
Of all the wild flowers in our forest the Lady Slipper is by far the most beautiful, rare and just plain magical. I would not know about these flowers if it weren't for my Mom and the incredible Lady Slipper she had photographed in our forest when I was little. She...