Archive for June, 2017

salt and sea

Posted on June 27th, 2017 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Friday the kids and I drove to Wilmington with our friends Linda, Nick, and Sophie to spend the weekend at the beach. Wrightsville Beach was where I took the kids when we first moved to NC, and we hit that first, staying till dark, playing in the waves and filling our swimsuits with sand. The […]



happy fathers day!

Posted on June 18th, 2017 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

We unexpectedly got to spend part of Fathers Day with David after two flight cancellations for his London trip. He’s almost in the air now, and we miss him already. We had an amazing day together, and we’re so glad we got to spend it with him.  Happy Father’s Day to Dadda, my Papa, and […]



from my making place

Posted on June 13th, 2017 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Here are a few glimpses into things I’ve been working on lately. Hope you enjoy them! Hand carved pine arrow (mounted on wooden box from Target). Inside: handmade copper/rock earrings made from rocks I gathered at Jordan Lake, NC. I added a bottle of RMS nail polish and gave it to a friend. I’m working […]



freedom balloon fest

Posted on June 10th, 2017 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

We took the kids to the annual balloon festival here in town a couple of weekends ago. My brother Seth came up from Charlotte, and his and my childhood friend Linda also joined us with her kids, Nick and Sophie. There were 25-30 hot air balloons from all over the country tethered in a field, […]



things we never saw in colorado

Posted on June 7th, 2017 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

A luna moth! I came across this one while walking near our house the other day. A male anole lizard, puffing up its pink dewlap. It must have been feeling aggressive toward us. Magnolias. A five-lined skink. This one has a long tail, but Cash spotted one under our truck with a tail shorter than […]