38/52. twenty nineteen
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2019”
Lilian
at my goddaughter’s wedding in lake placid new york
happy tuesday friends!
around here
one month into the new school year, it is now dark when we wake in the morning
after a month of ninety degree heat, this week we finally got a break and the temperatures dropped to the seventies
autumn is right around the corner and i welcome the change
the cooler temperatures feel good and so does the new golden light
happy friday friends!
autumn colors
this weekend Lily and i will attend my goddaughter’s wedding
i mopped
a concert night. dr dog and shakey graves. so good!
in an old costume all excited for this year’s halloween
quiet time in her bedroom
quiet time in the living room
post school, pre gymnastics class stretches
transitions
portugal memories. from left: my cousin Ana, my cousin Helena, my great grandmother Delfina and me
third year at the fair with her bestie. traditions
a sunday drive
that autumn light slowly creeping in. sunrise
sunset
cooler mornings
friday ice cream sandwiches in ninety degree weather
37/52. twenty nineteen
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2019”
Lilian
this past saturday she had a gymnastics mini meet where she was evaluated on all that she has learned so far
not only did she advance to a higher class but she also got invited to join team
she has been working so hard all year
we are so proud of her
but more importantly, she is proud of herself
happy monday friends!
around here
i always think i keep up with what’s around here and then i look to see when the last post was and… well, it’s been a while
i still have so many summer break pictures to share
monument valley, grand canyon, sedona, vegas, panama city beach….
but as much as i’d like to stay in vacation mode, life just keeps moving forward
these days faster than ever before
at the end of this month summer will be over and it will officially be fall
i enjoy fall
but i dread what comes after it
it will also be four years since we moved from miami to asheville
four years!
it’s hard for me to believe it’s been that long
i still miss our miami life in the red house with the pool and our dear friends near
perhaps i don’t miss miami as much as i miss us in miami
and regardless of how good life is here, how great the house we live in is (we have paid our price) and how many friends we have, i still feel landlocked, like i don’t belong and want to head towards the ocean just about daily
asheville makes me feel the loneliest i have ever felt
it’s a feeling i can’t seem to shake off
even after four years
thanks for listening friends
hope you are all having a good week so far
flowers, flowers and more flowers. i don’t think i could (or would want to) live in a world without flowers. which makes winter harder than it already is
our neighborhood divas the day before starting school
first day of fourth grade
second day of fourth grade
santa fe memories
sunrises
and sunsets
he turned forty two
last summer in spain with my family memories
lazy weekend mornings
and not so lazy weekend mornings
back to lots of home cooked meals
ropa vieja
tuna nicoise
taco torte
panama city beach memories
homework
besties since kindergarten now in fourth grade
Lily is back to art class after school on tuesdays
green errands
i’ve been painting lots of dresses
billie eilish everything
pre school dog hangs
and after school dog hangs
a favorite green corner
a car selfie
post dinner family walks
a day at lake jocassee
36/52. twenty nineteen
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2019”
Lilian
in lake jocassee this past weekend enjoying what is left of summer
happy monday friends!
hope you all had a great weekend
35/52. twenty nineteen
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2019”
Lilian (she prefers Lilian over Lily these days)
enjoying a quiet moment with Foxy in the green room
happy monday friends!
34/52. twenty nineteen
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2019”
Lily
last monday on her first day of fourth grade
happy monday friends!
a drive
the drive from santa fe new mexico through arizona to monument valley utah was one of the most beautiful drives i have ever been on and everything i had hoped to see when i booked our trip out west
happy friday friends
hope you all had a good week
and keeping with the blue, this blue tongued girl in the back seat
33/52. twenty nineteen
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2019”
Lilian
in the ocean in panama city beach last monday
today she starts fourth grade
happy monday friends!
bandelier national monument
i am writing this post from a couch in panama city beach overlooking the ocean
Lily and i have been here for almost a week (sadly today is our last full day here)
being on the beach has been the best soul filling way to end this summer break
we miss William and wish he was here but understand that he doesn’t care for the beach the way we do
that said, we are thankful for the opportunity to be here
it’s after 9am and Lily is still sleeping
it has been that kind of summer but it will soon (too soon) be over when she starts 4th grade next monday
we have had a wonderful summer
two weeks at home, one week in the mountains of west virginia, two weeks in the desert of new mexico, arizona, utah and nevada, two weeks at home and one week at the beach
a little bit of everything
beach was a last minute add on but a must
for me it is not summer without beach time (it’s just the way i was raised. beach=summer)
while in santa fe, we drove out to see bandelier national monument
the 33,677 acre monument preserves the homes and territory of the ancestral puebloans of a later era in the southwest
most of the pueblo structures date to two eras, dating between 1150 and 1600ad
being there was a surreal experience to say the least and a once in a lifetime experience we will forever remember
if you would like to read more about it, please do so here
