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Big things in little packages

Published
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robayre
on June 10, 2010
in Artists, Cool Links and General Update
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I recently received an eagerly anticipated package in the mail.

For years I have been coveting items from thelittlereddoor’s etsy shop. I feel like every treasury I made had one of their little houses in it. Then, Thelittleredoor sent out a customer notification that they were near one thousand sales and to celebrate that they’d be offering some extra goodies to whomever purchases the thousandth item. I decided to be that person.

The houses arrived and they are so beautiful. The extra goodies included extra little homes, a bag, AND two beautiful hand-thrown bowls. I love my little houses, they are just as I had hoped. Originally I planned on just setting them out on display, but I read in their shop that they would also work for terrariums. What a great idea!

Check out thelittlereddoor on Etsy.

Lessons from Starved Rock

Published
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robayre
on June 2, 2010
in General Update and life
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Last weekend my sister and I did a little hiking at Starved Rock State Park. It was hot. I was dripping with sweat. I got bitten by tons of mosquitos. Along the way I remembered and realized a couple lessons.

1. I love being outdoors and in nature BUT I think I’m more of the “let’s find a pretty place and plop ourselves down and soak in all the beauty” type of person, as opposed to a “hiking-keep moving-push on” type person. That makes me sound slothlike. Don’t get me wrong I like exercising and being active just maybe not so much outside, in the summer, when it’s hot, and there are bugs, including ticks.

2. Also, I’ve learned that any amount of hard work pays off as long as it ends with my feet in water and sand.
We were hiking on a path as recommended by a friend, and really, we had no idea what to expect at the end. We were delighted to discover sandy rock/dunes and a sandy stream, running off from a waterfall in the middle of this ginormous and breath-taking canyon.

Yeah, it was pretty sweet. As you can see above, people were enjoying the waterfall and swimming.

I, on the other hand, was content to muck around in the sandy stream.

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