Designing Intimacy

Stars and Family

It’s so breathtaking seeing all the stars a night, especially against a backdrop of millions of acres of evergreens and lakes. And I was born and raised in the country, but some how the stars just seem brighter here.

And the air is so much cleaner. I noticed it on the drive up, somewhere in the Catskills I think.

I’m loving getting to spend all this time with the young’ns. I’m so going to cry again this year when I say good bye to them.

Yesterday my mom (Grandma) and I took the 3 older girls horseback riding (it was Abigail’s first time ever). And it was so nice. I mean, the ride was a little boring because we only walked it, but it was a beautiful ride and I’m so glad to have gotten the chance to go with the girls and have that memory.

I’m planning on going again tomorrow for a private ride so I can do trotting and maybe a little cantering too. I may go with either my mom and/or my oldest niece, Emily. Her sister Maggie wants to go too, but she didn’t seem as confident on the horse as Emily did, so we’ll see.

And of course my baby nephew is just being as adorable as ever!

In other news though, I got the Thinking Blogger Award! I was kinda shocked to see that actually. Noel Vera of Critic after Dark (completely unrelated to the sex blogging scene) named me in his list. Which of course now means I’m tagged to come up with 5 blogs that make me think…(I’ll have to do that another time). I’m honored though- so thanks Noel!

Well, it’s breakfast time, so I must be off… I’ll be back again with more tales from the wilderness!

family | Avah | July 18, 2007

By Noel Vera, July 20, 2007 @ 2:52 am

No prob! Longtime-ish reader and fan, always been silent till now. And I like to ruffle the feathers of the film blogging community once in a while, your frank website’s an excellent way to do it.