Author Archives: Andrea Y. Griffith

Highlights: It snowed a few days before Christmas and it was on a day that we could bundle up and play outside. The girls basically just like to eat the snow. And then we wash it down with hot chocolate. Mary Eleanor was born a couple of weeks before Christmas. She is a beautiful littleContinue reading “Christmas Report”

Behind the game here but we had a good few weeks leading up to Christmas. The chickens needed to have their wings clipped to keep them in the backyard. We watched a youtube video on how to do it – a charming New Zealand chicken lady – and then proceeded to DYI.  Telfer clipped andContinue reading “Pre-Christmas Scenes”

How was Thanksgiving ten days ago? Somehow it was and now it seems like Christmas is basically here. Which isn’t really true but it feels that way. We had a lovely Thanksgiving. Telfer and I love cooking Thanksgiving together but we have learned after 12.5 years of marriage that it is, perhaps, better to workContinue reading “This & That”

I saw this print on a blog and loved it. I did not love the fact it was being sold for $45. So Luke Duerre freeformed it for me on good paper and I framed and now it’s hanging above our television. Fitting, no? I know I have said this before but I just loveContinue reading “Bookishness”

Last Friday we did our usual Seattle run: Top Pot, Aquarium, Market but instead of going home we got on the ferryboat to Bainbridge and then drove down to Shelton to stay one night at the Lake House. The girls loved the ferryboat although Jane had a hard time figuring out the whole concept ofContinue reading “The Report”