Woohoo for Brand New Noise !!! We are huge fans of these brilliant little noise boxes, or as Richard Upchurch likes to call them, sound gadgets. The aesthetic, the impetus, the way they are made...
Visiting Blue Hill, Maine Where we stayed: Down East Treasure to Enjoy – perfect for us, tastefully decorated and comfortable, with meaningful personal touches. We loved staying here. Things we...
With an auspicious name like Spikenard, I should have known visiting the Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary would be a beautiful experience. Spikenard in Hebrew means “light” and the word Spik...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2015/07/04/spikenard-bee-sanctuary/
{ THE ACORN was the ancient Nordic symbol of life, an old folk belief holds that carrying an acorn ensures a long life } Acorn is a very special toy shop and if you seek it out, it will become a...
Ohlala it is Apple picking time and this is a favorite outing in our household. We really look forward to this day out, the wildflowers and the scent of the orchard filled with sweet ripe fruit. ...
This was our first time going to the Liberty Farms Sunflower Maze. Located in Sussex County, Northern New Jersey – day trip distance from NYC. I adore sunflowers and just happened to stumble ac...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2014/09/24/liberty-farms-sunflower-maze/
Oh Summer days, when little hands are warm and juicy and the evening sky is the colour of the fruit you spend the day picking. Drives into the country are long and slow and on return trips home ...
If you are looking for a great day out in the New York, New Jersey border area, we have come up with the perfect summer outing triptych. It is just the right combination for a fun-filled midsumme...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2014/07/17/nj-ny-border-great-day-out/
Our annual strawberry picking outing was this past week, and like we have done the past few years we went to Donaldson Farms in Hackettstown, New Jersey. It is a beautiful clean, neat and tidy f...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2014/06/22/strawberry-picking/
A short drive from New York city, in Summit NJ is a hidden gem called Reeves Reed Arboretum. It was once a privately owned estate that is now open to the public. Famous for the daffodil bowl whic...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2014/04/28/reeves-reed-arboretum/
One of the great thing about being close to NYC is being able to see amazing exhibitions. Now that we are homeschooling I try and make a point of going to the city for the day at least once a mon...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2014/01/22/mike-kelley-at-ps1/
When we arrived back at home in Australia I made a list of all the beaches I wanted to go to. The area of the far north coast of NSW were I grew up has some of the best beaches in the world. I wa...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2013/10/12/whites-beach-broken-head/
The past Sunday was Father’s day, and also our wedding anniversary. We made no plans in advance and then at about 10am I started to feel like doing something. (I have been sick for almost two w...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2013/06/19/strawberry-picking-in-new-jersey/
One afternoon last week Elle and I collected Maya from school and we drove to the Reeves Reed Arboretum. It is in a neighbouring town not too far from our house. Close enough to make it an afte...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2013/04/15/reeves-reed-daffodil-bowl/
Widely celebrated as one of the world’s leading sculpture parks, Storm King Art Center has welcomed visitors from across the globe for fifty years. It is located only one hour north of New York...
Wow, I have just had another long blog break. Couldn’t keep the momentum going after Christmas. This time of year when the days are short and grey, I have to use all of my positive life force t...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2013/01/20/soho-grateful-for-this-life/
As we live very close to New York City there are some things we like to do annually in Manhattan at Christmas. One of our favorites is to go to The Plaza Hotel and see Santa. This seems to be a...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2012/11/30/santa-at-the-plaza-3/
Spring flowers seemed to come and go in a week this year with yo-yo weather making the flowers bloom early, and over quickly. We were lucky that the week of Spring break was the peak of the cherr...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2012/05/04/branch-brook-cherry-blossoms/
It has been a quiet week here on the blog…last week was Spring break for Maya’s school and so our days were busy. Now a rainy and cold Monday morning, with Maya back to school, it is the perf...
I am not sure where the days have gone, but my goodness they slip away….Not last Thursday, but the Thursday before, Thursday March 22nd…we spent the day at the New Jersey Botanical Gardens, w...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2012/04/05/new-jersey-botanical-gardens/