Saturday, October 10, 2009

Lessons from Haystack Hill

1. Halting chores in the middle of a Saturday afternoon to take a quick family hike is a good thing.

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3. Fall is truly a beautiful season.

4. We live in a beautiful area and have an amazing creative God. Sarah noticed everything while we were hiking.

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5. My 9-year-old still has the mind of a curious scientist. She looked for spores, inspected moss, and asked “why?’.

6. Fresh air does wonders for a mind bogged down with to-do lists, checkbook balancing numbers, tasks to organize, and future worries.

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7. Sticks are cool.

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8. Trail mix tastes amazing when one is on the trail.

9. My impressions of Elise are correct: that is one determined little 3 year old. She climbed the entire way up all by herself, and it was VERY steep!_MG_3488 10. Who needs Boston in the fall when you’ve got this right outside your own backdoor?

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1 comment:

Scott & Amy Vandenberg said...

You are an amazing photographer, Julie...much less your story-telling is fantastic. I think you should do blogs and such as a business.