Goodness + Beauty {5}

I started a new series this year to encourage me to 1) put a little more effort into my photography again, and 2) notice and acknowledge some of the many wonderful things that are all around me on a regular basis. Each month(ish), I’m challenging myself to take at least five pictures of beauty, as …

Goodness and Beauty {4}

I started a new series this year to encourage me to 1) put a little more effort into my photography again, and 2) notice and acknowledge some of the many wonderful things that are all around me on a regular basis. Each month, I’m challenging myself to take at least five pictures of beauty, as …

A Happy List – Late Summer

The past several months, at times, have had me acting a little more doom-and-gloom than I’d like. Although I’ve always been pretty terrible at keeping up a regular gratitude practice, I have been consciously trying to label things that bring me joy more. Here are a few lately. * Sun-ripened tomatoes from the yard rinsed …

Letting My Harry Potter Freak Flag Fly + Thoughts on Cursed Child

Note: There are some affiliate links in this post through Amazon Associates, which means I get a small percentage of any purchase made, at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting To Love and To Learn! Although I’ve briefly mentioned in countless posts how I was listening to Harry Potter in the car while …

A Raven in the Snow

 Her first glimpse at the snow this morning Last winter, Raven was too young to appreciate the snow too much, so we didn’t take her outside hardly at all. This year, we were actually kind of excited for the first snow–we were excited to see her reaction to this strange cold white phenomenon that had …