Picnics with Mama

I love this quiet time together talking about our day, reading books, creating stories (head-in-my-lap:), dreaming of fairies, sharing lunch and laughs...

...and sweet mommy/daughter moments!

Secret Garden

What started out as pruning turned into the creation of a secret garden.  The bamboo trees inside our fence are always well manicured, but the two outside the fence have that unkept jungle kind of look.  And, as it turns out...that less than cultivated landscape is a treasure trove of little creatures for Ella to love. Tucked in amongst the overgrown trees are hidden fruits and herbs that most certainly will tickle her senses.

Spearmint

Strawberries

For now, I choose to prune less and lie down in a patch of grass, brown headed girl in the crook of my outstretched arm, searching for animals in the clouds.