
Appreciation post for the beauty of the mountains and the freedom they give my soul. Also appreciate the many shenanigans with people visiting my mountains and replenishing their souls too. And, Bob.

the bits of summer garden we have growing: tiny cukes and tiny tomatoes and big, fat abundant figs! my helpful handsome humanitarian warrior husband made a delicious dinner under 100 degree temps – almost nice on our morning walks – and a bit of rain bob is naughty but i’m grateful for his training and…

WEDNESDAY CONCERT! It was admittedly a bold move to go to a concert on a Wednesday 1.5 hours away in Fredericksburg, but it was SO worth it!! I have seen some amazing music in the last couple of years, but this setting was sublime: camping chairs, under oak trees, against a vineyard, sipping rosé (not…
Can I be grateful for a cough? A person certainly could, but can I? Me, Lyssa? Maybe. I had this terrible cough for a full 10 days. I hit the infrared sauna, got cupped, spent time outside in the sun for my vitamin D, mucinex-ed, even started a course of ivermectin (the “FLiRT” variant of…

Happy belated mother’s day to my amazing mama, who is just the best. We unofficially celebrated early Saturday when I spontaneously walked over to her house, had a latte at ye olde Latte Link, and we chatted for a bit. We officially celebrated on Sunday too, but with my brother, husband, and two kiddos under…

I am still getting back into the swing of feel good Fridays, it would turn out. Birthday weekends are so fun, and even more funny when your beloved says, “it’s birthday week! Birthday month! Birthday year!” We celebrated with a byob comedy show, a big, meat-sweat dinner at Dai Due with one of our favorite…
We’re married! How to catch you readers up on my life since the last FGF? Skip over my magical wedding and honeymoon like they didn’t exist and dive into the day to day magic?Post all the photos we’ve shared on instagram here, here, and here, while we wait for more from the photographer? Embed the…