little messes

i’ve been feeling rather lucky lately. lucky to have such dear friends and family. lucky to have my home and jeff. lucky for this pup. and oh so lucky for these little ones kicking their way within. i’ve also been feeling exhausted and overworked. nothing so much beyond the norm in terms of my working day, but i find myself struggling to keep up. so today we’ll take a break. a road trip. perhaps our last before these wee ones make their entrance at the end of the summer. we’re off to new hampshire and the hudson river valley of ny.

in some ways i know this trip will start off hard. being in a car for nine or so hours is perhaps not what my body will appreciate. but there’s something cathartic in this journey too. we haven’t made this trip by car in some time. it changes everything i think. it’s slow and mindful though sometimes chaotic. it’s guided by quick stops. usually by coffee and fuel breaks, this time by our pup and much needed stretching.

i hope we take it slow and breathe it all in as we muster up this coastline. all five of us together. though two of our party still quiet in voice.

my small joys for this week have been plentiful and the start of this trip will open up plenty more i’m sure. so i’ll leave you with a few moments from this past week.

an early morning tennis game with my two favorite boys:

a few quiet moments of making… something i’m doing far less often than i’d like. thanks sarah for giving me a much needed assignment:

today jeff found a new friend. he’s a shy little guy. a real slow mover and he fits on the tip of a finger. the garden is in full bloom so it’s no surprise to find this little guy. i hope we get to see more of him.

in other news of tiny creatures, the wiggler’s and i are growing pretty big these days. i’m expanding faster than i can find long shirts and stretchy skirts and my train rides are filled with silent hurried fingers on my needles.

i’ve gotten one sweater nearly done (ran out of yarn before i got to the sleeves) and a second sweater started, well so far just the hood. just waiting on another round of skeins to arrive to really get down to business. the house is quietly shifting it’s focus too. we’re having a bunch of work completed on the hallway upstairs and the back roof. a room that i’m too shy to yet call a nursery has been painted and FLOR laid in place. we’re just settling i guess. and hoping the next few months don’t pass too quickly so we run out of time and focus to get stuff done. i guess i should add agility and energy to that list too. i’m just trying to be quieter. which if you knew me you’d know what quite a task. but there it is. the quiet before what i hope to be a happy storm of new voices filling the halls of our home.