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The Joys of Gardening: Harvest

The Joys of Gardening: Harvest

I wrote a post on my food blog about harvesting our autumn kale this week. Check it out by clicking here: Harvesting Kale

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Our Breakfast Table

Our Breakfast Table

My favorite part of our house. The bright happy colors, the painting that sings “You are My Sunshine” that Dad gave us at our wedding, and the promise of a good (and blessed!) meal make me smile :)

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Summer Trip 2013

Summer Trip 2013

Hubby and I have the most fantastic opportunity to have the adventure of a lifetime. Our friends are getting married in LA this summer, so Cobalt and I thought we’d make a road trip out of it! Honeymoon number two you could say. We’ll be leaving from Chatt town and stopping at key places along the way. Can you make them out? :) In addition, to save money, we’re planning on bringing food and camping …

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Our Summer Garden!

Our Summer Garden!

carrots!! (planted in Sept, harvested these in Jan) our 2013 garden! baby cucumbers :) baby tomatoes :) (2 weeks later) same baby cuke! (2 weeks later)

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New Year’s Letter

New Year’s Letter

  Bob Schellhammer photography   To our dearest friends and family: We pray your Christmas was as pleasurable as ours!  For us, the whole month was a refreshing rest from all the planning and busyness before and since our union in June.  Having the free time to clean the house for guests, joyfully host friends and family, sleep in, stay up late, and spend time with each other and our families was a blessing like …

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Our first Christmas

Our first Christmas

As I’m making decorations for our first tree (while listening to Little Women), I’m reminiscing last year’s Christmas. Cobalt and I visited my parents for the occasion, then headed to TX to see my family’s relatives (the first time I’ve done so since I lived there between ’90-’96).  Paper garlands and snowflakes, inspired by a friend of mine This year we’re celebrating Jesus’ birth with Cobalt’s family here in Chattanooga, including his grandmother. (We may …

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One year ago…

One year ago…

One year ago, Cobalt and I hung out at the VA in Johnson City (across the railroad tracks)….reading, basking in the sun on my picnic blanket…and taking pictures of the beautiful day…   We snapped a couple of ourselves, too :) I’m so grateful for this man!

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Our Garden: A Reflection of God’s Invisible Attributes

Our Garden: A Reflection of God’s Invisible Attributes

Our garden that Cobalt started in April from seed (before I moved to Chattanooga) is slowly but surely coming along! Recently, we’ve transplanted the tomato and pepper plants from their pots to the ground located on the side of our house. Cherry tomato plant Roma Tomato plant (with a flower!) Sweet Peppers The lack of rain and subsequent 100 degree days in June slowed their growth down quite drastically; and several plants died though I …

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3 weeks away!

With only 3 weeks until our wedding, we are working on last minute details for the upcoming day! We have now added information regarding hotels and attractions in Johnson City (under the tab “location”). We’ve also added some pictures so you can see our pretty faces :) Oh! Please don’t forget to RSVP soonish so we can have a head count for food! Thanks!   We can’t wait to see y’all! Love, Hope and Cobalt

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