Conventional wisdom would label this a recipe for disaster. Here in the desert we celebrate the novelty!
Many years ago this valley was actually the bottom of an ocean floor. Such thoughts delight the living daylights out of the mermaid in me.
Let the dig begin!
A rare desert discovery: something green.
The stay-warm huddle.
The triumph of childhood: it goes by quickly, but such moments last forever.
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I hope you had a wonderful weekend, dear reader. And a warm welcome to those of you visiting from Designmom--it's perfectly lovely having you here! We spent a lot of time outside, enjoying the ideal temperatures and scampering over rocks as if we were half mountain goat. Singing ABBA at full lung capacity to test the echo capacity of the canyons (works good). Baking cookies, playing with Legos, half-hearted attempts at chores, using chopsticks, renting movies...this is just a sampling of the crazy times one may expect to encounter any given Saturday chez Tollipop!
If you have a moment to visit, there is a fabulous online auction being held for the next few days to benefit a worthy cause. Many lovely goodies to peruse, including a few Tollipop originals in the lineup!