we've been in the mountains day after day after day...

ceej and i have been going up to our mountains often since i've been back.

this is why i love living here...you can't match this backyard.

we went straightway to my favorite place as soon as we had rested from our travels home;

i took my grandpa here since he and celia jane have moved in with my mom;

we brought friends here for a lovely picnic on a stormy night.

this place will never grow old. it's always refreshing and rejuvenating.

i started coming here in high school when i would feel lonely.

i brought walt whitman with me and i read aloud.

i could hear the music of words and it brought me peace

to sit among the trees and the cliffs and to hear deliberate words

roll off of my very own tongue and beyond my lips.

i will always find refuge here.

ceej and i just returned from grand teton national park

and are looking forward to a day of relaxing around home together.

hope you've been having a lovely holiday weekend.

will be back with more photos from our england adventure.

home and already overwhelmed with how much i love this place

in so many ways i am missing oxford. but for now i am swooning in my mountain desert.

the wild flowers are out like never before thanks to a wet spring and summer,

the farmers' markets are overflowing with heirloom tomatoes and fresh honey butter,

our calendar is quickly filling up with hiking, camping, and cabin-going,

we are thrilled to see friends and family and want a dinner party every night

and a lunch date every afternoon to catch up with everyone.

can't wait to start teaching yoga, teaching piano {yay! more on that later}, and reading and writing

whatever and whenever i feel like it {which is kind of all the time}.

this will always be home, and what a comfort it is.

i'll be spending some time sorting through the hundreds of photos we took

over the past couple of weeks as we traveled through the english countryside

and explored the big city of london. 

very excited to show you what we've been up to, starting tomorrow.

{if you'd like an idea of one of the areas we visited check out marte's fabulous posts here and here}

why we love living here...and why i eat banana cream tarts before bed