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Respite

By Annette Heidmann June 17, 2017 Arizona, Art, At Play, Family Life, Fostering, Fun, Landscape, Out & About, Photography, Portraits, Ranch, Scenery, Sightseeing No Comments
Respite

If I were to pick a word to describe this past couple of years, I think “challenging” would be barely adequate. It’s not just the numbers – going from five…

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Sightseeing

By Annette Heidmann November 3, 2016 Arizona, Family Life, Fun, Landscape, Out & About, Photography, Ranch, Scenery, Sightseeing No Comments
Sightseeing

While the board members were meeting at our cabin on Saturday morning, I thought it prudent to remove the hoard of children from the immediate vicinity and take them on…

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Weekend with the Winklers

By Annette Heidmann August 2, 2016 Arizona, Family Life, Friends, Fun, Hiking, Out & About, Ranch, Scenery, Sightseeing No Comments
Weekend with the Winklers

Over the Memorial Day weekend, we took the family (minus Laurent, who had singing obligations, and Geneva, who wasn’t yet back from Texas) up to the ranch for some family…

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Road Trip!

By Annette Heidmann May 2, 2016 Arizona, Cars, Family Life, Fun, Hiking, Landscape, Out & About, Photography, Sightseeing, Travel 1 Comment
Road Trip!

With a growing family including 10 kids plus miscellaneous other persons, it became incredibly unwieldy to travel anywhere with 3 vehicles. We decided in March to pare down the vehicular…

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Peeking out from under my rock…

By Annette Heidmann March 17, 2016 Arizona, Family Life, Fostering, Friends, Fun, Hiking, Photo Walks, Sightseeing 1 Comment
Peeking out from under my rock…

It’s been more than a month, hasn’t it… Yep. Feb. 2 was my last post. I can’t even begin to think about catching up right now, either. There’s just too…

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A Little Midweek Fun

By Annette Heidmann April 11, 2015 Arizona, Art, Family Life, Out & About, Photo Walks, Sightseeing No Comments
A Little Midweek Fun

This past week has been blessedly an open-the-windows-and-let-the-breezes-blow-through kind of week – likely the last we shall have before the oppressive desert heat arrives for the summer. So I was…

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Valentines Day 2015

By Annette Heidmann February 15, 2015 Art, Family Life, Hiking, Holidays, Out & About, Photo Walks, Photography, Sightseeing, Valentines Day 4 Comments
Valentines Day 2015

Ahh Valentines day – the day of hearts and roses and poetry and sweet tarts! Our holiday weekend started off with a bang on Friday evening with a little supper at…

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Romeward Bound

By Annette Heidmann May 27, 2014 Catholic, Family Life, Sacred Art, Sightseeing, Travel 1 Comment
Romeward Bound

I’m actually amazed at how peace-filled I am this morning after bidding farewell to my lovely Laurent.  She is off on a great journey, traveling today with about 12 other…

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Sight-seeing: The Painted Desert

By Annette Heidmann March 30, 2014 Arizona, Ranch, Sightseeing No Comments
Sight-seeing: The Painted Desert

Our last stop before we said our farewells for the summer was a drive through the Painted Desert.  What a spectacular place! We were slightly rushed because it was getting…

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Sight-seeing: Petrified Forest

By Annette Heidmann March 30, 2014 Arizona, Ranch, Sightseeing No Comments
Sight-seeing: Petrified Forest

Saturday afternoon we wanted to do something special during our last few hours with Grandma and Grandpa.  We decided to drive part of the way home with them via the…

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