thankful

Thanksgiving

Thank you to the muted view

through a burlap curtain

out of the window by our bed

cedar trunks and the scitterings of squirrels

Thank You for the postcards

with quotes that I love

and candy left in 

the boots I always wear

Thank you Jesus

Thank you Wendell Berry

Thank you coconut oil popcorn

Thank you Red Sox fan on Frankfort Avenue

who always looks alarmed

who we see everyday on our walks

Thank you to the Earth for turning

Thank you Sojourn

aliens and trespassers

in a foreign land

Thank you past

you were our constant companion

you are done

Thank you future

Thank you new heartbeat

You're welcome.

fall.

It's fall y'all! My favorite season is here & I'm so happy!

Things I love:

Pumpkin doughnuts from Please & Thank You.

Warm Cafe Miele's from Sunergos.

Making leaf angels with Ryder.

Wearing flannel.

Celebrating Carol's birthday.

Eating pumpkin rolls for three days straight at the St. James Art Show.

Putting my wool socks on every morning. 

Walking the pups & stopping to smell the colors of the ever changing trees.

Making soup & eating grilled cheese at least four times a week. 

Yep. I'm seriously so thankful fall is here & I can layer up. 

So.Much.Goodness. 

happy birthday.

Ryder 

Thanks for being born. You are two years old today. You've grown so much this past year. 

You are responsible, you watch out for your sis, you stopped eating all the chickens, 

& you've become quite the swimmer. 

I'm proud of you. 

Thanks for waking me up when I over sleep everyday for work. 

Thanks for being my best friend.

Thanks for making me smile everyday. Thanks for knowing when I need a hug. 

You are a true joy. I love you. 

bacon & bones

 Things have been pretty strange around home lately. Mom and Dad went somewhere and I stayed here. Sarah stayed with me and I tricked her a lot. For example, she didn’t know I know how to find all the food that ever existed, so I was good for a while, and then I finished it all in one morning while she was in the shower. She called me a “bidge” or something. Second of all, I realized that when it's really hot my paws get really hot walking, so I started scratching the inside of my water bowl so my feet get wet. Also, I figured out that jumping in water is very refreshing. I'm a little chunky, so I sink when I can’t really touch the bottom, but I figured out how to hang on the side, so I can chill poolside like that yo. Also, we have new neighbors. I keep barking at the man when he rides that loud bike, but other than that they seem cool.

Give me all the bacon and bones,

-Ryder

Ryder: The Beekeeper.

I wake up everyday when I hear Arnold crow. I think it sounds like a scream. He must not like to wake up, I do though, so I howl a little bit, but only so Dad will wake up and come get us out.

First thing I do is check and see if Kola has any food pieces in the floor of her crate...she usually bites me but I don't care.

Next thing is to check and see if there are any food pieces on the floor. Usually there aren't any so I go outside to pee and to poop, but sometimes I can't poop until after breakfast.

When we go inside I check to make sure Mom's alive in the bed and I smell her eyes but she tells me to get out, so I go lick Dad's face while he puts on his shoes.

Then he feeds us...this is the best part of the day. I eat mine first and then finish Kola's when she's not looking. 

Most days we take a nap while Mom and Dad are at work.

When they get home I either watch dad do projects, bark at people and their dogs, chase Kola, sniff for food, or do my new favorite thing...beekeep.

Mom and Dad think they're beekeepers, but I check on the bees everyday, they only check once a week. I get stung sometimes,but I know they're just trying to hug me. Someday I think I'll get some honey and that's why I check on them, to see if they dripped any in the grass or anything.

Right now I feel like swimming, or eating pepperonis.

See ya.

-Ryder.

lately.

spring is here & we are happy. 

the pups love to run on the Path while I people watch & talk to fishermen. 

Emily sent me some rad music that I have been obsessively listening to(Kim Janssen). Thanks my girl!

made lavender soap with Bek.

making lots of compost tea out of my daily juice leftovers and coffee grounds.

made blackberry jam when I discovered all the wild blackberries in my freezer that I forgot about, Ben's grandparents graciously give them to me every year from there beautiful 5 acre plot. 

went to Bluegrass Burgers for the first time & it was AMAZING--so many local options.

Ryder is obsessed with Morg and it is hilarious.

Ben is finishing the fence & testing the power of the 4Runner to pull stumps out of the ground with its V8 beauty. 

It has been 4 weeks since the bicycle accident and I finally got back on the ole stick--it feels sooo gooood my friends!

went to the Sojourn women's retreat, camped with Morg in the Kelty 2-man tent, & played some awesome kickball.

the garden is doing great--had to prune my seedlings.

"there's a snake in my coop"--yep Ben smashed its head. 

the pups are cuter than ever--Ryder is officially an old man.
good things.

good life

good good good.

back to running after bicycle accident--feels so good!

drinking lots of goat milk chai lattes on the porch.

made goat cheese (chevre) with Bekah--then sat on a hammock for 2 hours. 

Kola ate her first ice cream dog treat (she was obsessed) & it made her breath smell like blueberries!

eggs are everywhere--our neighbors are buying some from us. 

maple bacon is a staple in the Roberson diet. 

sleepy Ryder gets lots of kisses in front of the azalea.

tonight we are playing soccer in the park with our friends! 

what are you doing over the weekend?  

life lately

so many good things. 

Ryder & Kola are obsessed with eggs so we give them afternoon snacks & its helping their coats.

Whoopi is still brooding so we've been showing her some extra love.

new traditions have come about--Friday night soccer in the park with really cool people!

the Flea Off Market was yesterday & we got to go with Carol Anne, Bekah, & her two sweet boys Tristan(he's on Ben's shoulders) & Collin.
i got a new home for my cactus finally--an art student from Indiana made the cute pot. 

Ryder loves sleeping on my body lately.

my friend Ashley sent me the sweetest note in the mail with honey recipes and that cute bee pin--thanks sweet girl!

i keep obsessively eating pistachios--it makes me think of the Lisa Hannigan song "Pistachio"