tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45076686301801744472023-11-16T03:19:40.258-08:00the coffee cottagesimple living in silicon valleyBrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.comBlogger525125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-12255293503076539722015-01-19T09:20:00.003-08:002015-01-19T09:20:37.787-08:00a day for love and peace<br />
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<br />Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-28353728576410395122013-10-01T14:04:00.003-07:002013-10-01T14:04:54.457-07:00terrific tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-91441457944223998312013-08-30T13:54:00.002-07:002013-08-30T13:54:37.433-07:00first grade!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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whispers secrets that open petals</div>
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Ryan has a new hobby that doesn't involve bamboo or a glucose meter.</div>
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"Wow, that has almost half crema." Grace</div>
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Our friends are back!</div>
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Remember<a href="http://coffee-cottage.blogspot.com/2012/07/right-now.html" target="_blank"> last time</a>?</div>
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She has always <a href="http://coffee-cottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/giggles-gulls-and-goats.html" target="_blank">loved these animals</a>!</div>
Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-21477816045370504092013-07-03T08:55:00.002-07:002013-07-03T08:55:23.071-07:00a ghost for Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-65810370024288535152013-05-30T16:03:00.001-07:002013-05-30T16:03:10.295-07:00garden love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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our <a href="http://www.botanicalinterests.com/products/view/0048/Squash-Summer-Black-Beauty-Zucchini-HEIRLOOM-Seeds" target="_blank">black beauty zucchini </a>seedlings</div>
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As part of Gracie's <i>How to Save an Animal </i>book series, we released a young Northern Pacific Treefrog (Pseudacris regilla) that had completed metamorphosis in her kindergarten classroom today. So without further ado......<br />
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you can read more about them <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Tree_Frog" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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you can hear their sounds <a href="http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/p.regilla.sounds.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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you can help save the frogs <a href="http://savethefrogs.com/how-to-help/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Just a sending a little note that one of my favorite bloggers has lined up an incredible "autumnal" giveaway. Head over to <a href="http://cheandfidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/autumn-giveaway-to-celebrate-season.html" target="_blank">Che and Fidel </a>to view her impeccable taste...whatever season you may be celebrating! We obviously are celebrating spring with watercolors galore.<br />
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*as you may or may not know, Gracie is obsessed with Australia so we may or may not be moving there when she is eight ;-)Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-42564478670317391272013-03-08T13:04:00.003-08:002013-03-08T13:04:47.562-08:00{our moment}<div style="text-align: center;">
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Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-50567500074273236202013-03-06T10:37:00.000-08:002013-03-06T10:37:43.300-08:00lunchbox love :: a salad parfait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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broccoli (so beautiful at the farmer's market right now)</div>
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(snack: almonds for your pocket xo)</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Not quite every week, but we are still joining <a href="http://cheandfidel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jodi</a> for this wonderful series.</span></div>
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Grace: Dr. Seuss would have been 109 years old today. She celebrated at school with a fancy hat.</div>
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Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-68084439236492523822013-03-01T15:36:00.001-08:002013-03-02T13:38:38.666-08:00{our moment}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Joining <a href="http://soulemama.typepad.com/" target="_blank">SouleMama </a>for a Friday ritual.<br />
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Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-60568890093658025042013-02-28T09:37:00.000-08:002013-02-28T09:37:28.572-08:00in the garden :: a purple haze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the garden this morning, Emily and I enjoyed purple cauliflower, red russian kale, scarlet kale, surprise violas, purple sage, romanesco broccoli, and heart shaped sprouts from <a href="http://www.botanicalinterests.com/products/view/0200/Lettuce-Mesclun-Asian-Salad-Greens-Seeds" target="_blank">things to come</a>.<br />
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p.s. more <a href="http://coffee-cottage.blogspot.com/2012/04/seeing-red.html" target="_blank">colors</a> in the garden<br />
p.s.s. looks like I am <a href="http://coffee-cottage.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-garden-chard-and-pea-shoots.html" target="_blank">a bit behind</a> this year (boy do I miss my little Charlie Kitty)Brookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406746437799332120noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507668630180174447.post-2704223580374110552013-02-15T14:37:00.000-08:002013-02-15T14:37:03.476-08:00all you need is love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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