A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Welcome, February! Today the girls and I celebrated the new month with freshly squeezed lemonade (it's still...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : It's February and the light is returning! It's also the month of Candlemas and groundhogs... read on for more!...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : It may be the final day of January today, but it felt like Spring to us Michiganders upon arrival in Rome this...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : All good things must come to an end! Farewell to Michigan, and farewell to Grandma Kirk! We are Romeward bound...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: While I am all for the minimalist movement in theory, when it comes to the numerous knick-knacks that the girls...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This portrait of Cordelia taken last night as a blizzard was raging outside has to be one of my all-time...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The other day happened to be Squirrel Appreciation Day , but every morning brings another opportunity to...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Isn't it funny how, once you develop a passionate interest in something, the scales fall from your eyes and that...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : We are right now preparing a simplified Burns Night Supper (there are plenty of potatoes, but meatloaf is...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: “ Edu cation is an atmosphere, a discipline, a l ife ”. This Charlotte Mason motto always springs to mind when the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : This short video captures the spirit of deep winter- cozy time crafting with the sages in our lives, beholding...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Another house portrait in development! The spooky photo on the right was taken by our next door neighbor on a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Cordelia Anne's recent birthday has us thinking about Anne of Green Gables lately, so Valentina created this...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This rising sun/setting moon moment was captured at 7:31 this morning. Even after a few weeks in Michigan, I am...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Fashion influencer Cordelia is sporting a Viking look lately and we all followed suite for her birthday party...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This leopard-print pajama wearing firecracker is keeping us on our toes these days, and this photo captures her...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This table has hosted countless "coffee klatches" over the decades, including a rare one this morning with our...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Miniature art imitating large life: these palatial doll houses were created by a local craftsman as Christmas...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Another minimalist visual meditation on the silence of snow. There isn't a soul around the icy lake these days,...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Sledding on sumptuous snow beneath a setting sun was lots of fun! Liturgical : Tuesday of the First Week in...