Some weekend delights that brought me joy.

1. Mushrooms on one of our walks. How cool are these guys?!

2. Marigolds (my neighbor’s). They look amazing, deer don’t touch them, and they smell good, too:

3. Dramatic skies as I was reading on the porch:

4. A children’s book on drawing that had an illustration that portrayed my feelings of overwhelm and made me chuckle:

Yep- that’d be me

5. My husband just “had to have” a new ghost for Halloween. It’s 15 feet tall:

6. The empty box became a toy:

7. Morning snuggles with R:

8. Math lessons from the big sister:

8. Our yearly family photo session:

9. Reading “Dork Diaries”:

10. A note I pinned on my closet door with weather reminders for myself:

11. After looking at the weather, I made five outfits for this upcoming week:

What delights have you got from this past weekend?


15 responses to “Delights, highlights”

  1. Nicole MacPherson Avatar

    What a lovely weekend, Daria! The weather there looks similar to here right now – the mornings are cooler but afternoons warm and sunny!

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  2. Natka Avatar

    That mushroom photo – love it!

    Kids playing in a box – that brings back memories (our kids loved boxes…. and now they use boxes to make hide-outs and mazes for our cat)… There is nothing better than a giant box 🙂

    You kids look completely engrossed in the math lesson! And the kitchen looks absolutely amazing!

    A few delights from our weekend:

    A picnic with husband and the girls at the local arboretum and exploring trees (chestnuts and buckeye nuts look similar!) and the garden.

    Tasting first pawpaws and figs from our trees.

    Getting started on a hallway-painting project!

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    1. Daria Avatar

      You have figs??!!! OMG send some my way.
      I had to google what pawspaws were… Wow, they are native to N America! I’ve never had one but now am wondering where I can find one.

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  3. Elisabeth Avatar

    I loved this post!

    Your kitchen is so beautiful!

    Love the colour of the marigolds!

    It’s so fun how “all out” T goes for Halloween. And empty boxes are such a delight for kids!

    Morning snuggles are the best. I have a cuddly son, too.

    Love the outfits all prepped and ready (weather-appropriate). You have the BEST sense of fashion.

    And your family photos are always gorgeous. Can’t wait to see more shots from the photo extravaganza.

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    1. Daria Avatar

      Haha thanks Elisabeth! There were a few good ones and many terrible ones where we all look deranged lol! But, that’s the fun of it.
      I hope Rainn cuddles with me until he is in college… No but yes…

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  4. Michelle G. Avatar

    These are all wonderful delights! Your kitchen is so pretty! I’m looking forward to seeing the 15 foot ghost! Wow!!!

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  5. Kari Avatar

    I love this so much—there’s so much goodness here.

    Those mushrooms! And your marigolds are gorgeous.

    We’re having 80s all week. After two weeks of 60s and 70s, I’m ready for cooler weather again.

    I love that your husband enjoys decorating for Halloween—how fun! Your home is beautiful. 💜

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    1. Daria Avatar

      I wish those marigolds were mine… They are in neighbor’s front yard lol so we enjoy them nonetheless. Plus, with the hoards of deer we get in our town, they are deer resistant!

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      1. Kari Avatar

        Aww, I love that! (I didn’t know they were deer resistant!)

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      2. Daria Avatar

        Apparently the deer don’t eat anything orange or yellow…

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  6. Common Household Mom Avatar

    So good to see these photos of delightfulness. I love the box being put to good use, and the math lesson reminds me most fondly of two of my kids studying physics together, which required drawings of elevators and anvils falling and such.

    It feels to me like the weekend was already ages ago. That children’s book drawing captures the feeling.

    Delightful things – all I’ve got is that one event in my schedule (out of many) on Sunday was cancelled, so I had time to relax that I wasn’t expecting to have!

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    1. Daria Avatar

      Haha isn’t that picture so funny?? True to a tee, especially the face expression.

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  7. Noemi Avatar

    Wow, that is quite a Halloween decoration! And the packaging is no joke either. Your kids are like cats in that box! I laughed at the weather pinned to your closet – when I wake up and turn on my phone the Lock Screen suggests “Weather in “please where I work” because it’s so different from where I live (usually much warmer) and I always check it again right when I get out of bed. My phone knows what I need!

    I love the marigolds! I can’t wait for Día de los Muertos! I set up for that unit in just a few weeks!

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  8. Diane Avatar
    Diane

    Delightful indeed! What good moments to hold on to!

    I love me a giant carboard box! I remember during COVID we got a new oven (or was it a fridge?) and when the store delivered it they were going to take the box away, but I asked them to leave it and we made so many things out of that box, and many other boxes as well. I was very tempted to ask the delivery people to leave any other boxes they had in their truck, but I think that would have been overwhelming.

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