Beautiful day

On a hike



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Find a waterfall
Jump right in...



Skipping rocks...




Thinking of eyore



Salamander discovery





Nature magic




Searching




A sunflower field van gogh would adore




Beautiful day

Heading home....



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Daddy's birthday

Seems that over at "soulemama " their daddy... also named steve shares a birthday with another daddy here at "happy birdycake" named steve (belonging to a little one named Honeypie).
Both "Steve" daddy's born on the same day... Amazing!

Rembering a quote from from that movie "the Tao of steve" in my head ... I think...

All steves are cool no? (Re-check steve name history)
Steve mcqueen cool...
Happy birthday daddy
You are so so loved.

And
Happy birthday to "soulemama" 's daddy too!










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Chasing Honey...

On this road trip honeypie has been a true pooh bear hunting for honey trees.
Rhode island's very own "sweetberry farm" had delicious honey sticks and honey jars. Massachussets great raw buckwheat honey and the catskills ? ... Creamed honey on the "honor " system!
We dropped our bills in an ancient can and bought ourselves some delicious jars from the Ballard hives.
It's been fun chasing honey!










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Honey on the honor system on the side of the road. Just drop a bill I'm the tin and enjoy the sweet goodness!




Over at "sweetberry farm" don't forget the delicious cheeses too!!


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And the curious Mr Fox...

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Grasshopper on the road

We are on the road!
A great Musical road trip with bluegrass and folk love
blaring the car radio to foot stomping banjos and the melodic beautiful voice of Gillian Welch.
Honeypie is already homesick... We are not even half way into our trip... She says her toys miss her... Mmmmm
Great day at the folkfest...meeting Gillian Welch was a treat for honeypie who told Gillian her favorite Song was "fly fly away".
Night fell and we read a good book about being on the road , "grasshopper on the road" by Arnold lobel . Grasshopper decides to take a road trip and meets all sorts of people/ animals on the way... It's a symbolic story about life and how we choose to live it. The beetles who are stuck in a group of their own kind (only peole who like morning are cool!) , the mosquito that had to have things ... Just so . The butterflies doing the same thing everyday and the fly who only wanted to clean ... Had a bit of OCD if you ask me. But grasshopper... A buddhist at heart I must say ... Lives day by day... Enjoying life as it comes.
Lesson learned? Go with the flow honeypie.
Home will be there when we return. Seek adventure and do not be afraid of change for now.













Mama, dada and honepie on the couch... At home




















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My neighbor TOTORO by Hayao Miyazaki

Honeypie and I have been watching the beautiful films by Hayao Miyazaki. I can't tell you how beautiful they all are. " My neighbor Totoro" is being enjoyed tremendously! A beautiful story about forest spirits and respecting nature, stunning art. Honeypie has been making tons of art inspired by miyazaki... scenes out of playdough, drawings and her favorite?
Totoro ofcourse!

Pooh sticks

We were looking through our pantry for our various honey pots to make a good batch of sweet honey "pooh sticks". We settled on a sweet delicious batch from Ely's mill over in the great smokey mountains, Tennessee.

For of those of you who might not know what "pooh sticks" are... it is a game played by Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Overlooking a stream, they climb on a bridge, throw the sticks over and see whose stick is the fastest and wins the race. Honeypie and I love to play this game too too.

For today, we make another kind of "pooh sticks" that even Pooh himself might like best. Sweet Honey Pooh stick cookies.

I found a beautiful new book in the Barnes and Noble sale bin and have so far made the most delectable things from it, so all in all a great buy.

These "honey snaps" were delicious!

Yummy Honey Pooh sticks (or logs)

There is a lemon glaze that I put on them that was lovely too.

Beach day!

The beauty of the water

is in

you and I holding hands

And I am amazed

by the brightness of your eyes

as you feel the wind in your face

go on

place your feet in the sand

the water cool and rushing through your toes makes you giggle

I let go

You are now the sea and sky

and the birds flying by don't seem to mind your laughter