The happier and busier I am, the less I want to blog. Hence the lack of steady posts.
This weekend:

We celebrated Stephanie and her soon-to-come baby boy at a blissful lunch in Keswick.

My beautiful parents came to see our new house and meet Pyrrha, who was instantly charmed by them both.
On a sunny day soon, I’ll take some more photos of the house and post them, mainly because I know the grandparents are curious. In the meantime, I’ll be trying to figure out how to keep reading at a steady pace and how to keep the dog from trampling my baby basil plants. No complaints from me here! All is calm and happy and verdant at the mini-homestead. (We’ll see how long the calmness lasts next week, when we will be house-sitting a 7-pound pomeranian.)