stare at this for 60 seconds...

...with a sigh first, then an expanding smile of relief & wonder, and you'll understand the best moment of our day!

It's been 15 months and FINALLY we have a washer. So excited to have a break from hand washing & to have the clothes spin so that they dry quickly on the line now & not as stiff as a board!

Thankful for the little things, though this feels BIG to us right now.

Even the dogs were on hand with anticipation & excitement:

60 seconds 1.14

Cosette got to meet her very first doggy friend since she left her litter mates & came to Haiti at 9 weeks old last year.

60 sec 1.14 from Ted Barlow on Vimeo.

60 seconds a day...morning sounds.

The sounds of the neighborhood have become such a part of our "indoor/outdoor" style household that they have become comforting! Some days I'm not sure how I would ever adjust back to living in a tract neighborhood with the windows closed up, inside and cut off from my surroundings ever again.