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My name is Angie. I am the wife, mother, educator, and friend behind Fresh Wanderings. I love slow, simple days spent at home where I can be found creating, gardening, baking, educating our children, and spending time in God's Word. Welcome to the place where all of these things culminate into one.

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Rescued the last two peonies from the rain. ⛈

Rescued the last two peonies from the rain. ⛈

When I was young and still lived at home, my mom a

When I was young and still lived at home, my mom always made handicrafts a priority. I remember spending many weekends and evenings creating wreaths, corn husk decorations, painting ceramics, tying friendship bracelets. If a project could be done at home, we tried it. These are such happy memories and are one of the reasons that crafts have been included in the morning time bundles.

We have made so many things we love over the last few years. It’s really hard to choose favorites, though there are a few that stand out…not so much for crafts themselves, but for the memories tied up in them. These sweet birds nests are one.

We made these outside on a beautiful day in early spring. Instead of using a stable workbench or table, we sat outside on our porch swing. It was a fun day of laughing and talking while we worked busily with our hands.

Over time, many of our crafts have broken, been thrown away, or found themselves in the bottom of a drawer. But these memories…they will be treasured forever.

🪹this craft was included in the April 2020 morning time bundle🪹

Sometimes as your children grow older it feels as

Sometimes as your children grow older it feels as if all of the “firsts” have already slipped by. They’ve already said their first words, taken their first steps, lost their first tooth, had their first day of school, etc. Then suddenly, when you least expect it, you find another set of firsts are knocking at your door.

Recently we’ve experienced Jordan’s first taste of driving, watched him enjoy washing his very first car, and celebrated the first round of graduation parties for some of his closest friends (thankfully we still have 2 years left before we celebrate his).

If you see this season of your life approaching, know that it can be a fun one! It is a gift to experience these firsts together and while, yes, this means another season is coming or going these memories are treasured just as much (maybe even a bit more) as all of those lost teeth and first steps. Instead of pushing back just lean in and enjoy them.

A little excerpt for women from my reading today.

A little excerpt for women from my reading today. I hope it will encourage you as it did me….from chapter 8 in “Let Me Be a Woman” by Elisabeth Elliott

On being a woman…

“Perspective makes all the difference in the world. If you catch even a glimpse of the divine design, you will be humbled and awed at least. I believe a true understanding of it will also make you grateful. But there are those to whom being a woman is nothing more than an inconvenience….Their lives are spent pining to be something else.

Every creature of God is given something that could be called an inconvenience, I suppose, depending on one’s perspective. The elephant and the mouse might each complain about his size, the turtle about his shell, the bird about the weight of his wings….but turtles have no need to fly nor birds to creep. The special gift and ability of each creature defines its special limitations. And as the bird easily comes to terms with the necessity of bearing wings when it finds that it is, in fact, the wings that bear the bird - up, away from the world, into the sky, into freedom - so the woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts, her special calling - wings, in fact, which bear her up into perfect freedom, into the will of God.”

🌿🌿🌿

You were made for something and it is no accident that God made you a woman. It was planned, ordained, and fulfilled by an all-wise, all-powerful, all-loving Lord. He can and will use you….whatever your limitations may be.

As the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once put it, "

As the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once put it, "Friendship is a sheltering tree." How very true!

I am so grateful for this gentle reminder: when we spend our leisure time investing in relationships, it is always time well spent.

Some spring things to help celebrate a rain free a

Some spring things to help celebrate a rain free and sunny day!🌿

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Rescued the last two peonies from the rain. ⛈

Rescued the last two peonies from the rain. ⛈

When I was young and still lived at home, my mom a

When I was young and still lived at home, my mom always made handicrafts a priority. I remember spending many weekends and evenings creating wreaths, corn husk decorations, painting ceramics, tying friendship bracelets. If a project could be done at home, we tried it. These are such happy memories and are one of the reasons that crafts have been included in the morning time bundles.

We have made so many things we love over the last few years. It’s really hard to choose favorites, though there are a few that stand out…not so much for crafts themselves, but for the memories tied up in them. These sweet birds nests are one.

We made these outside on a beautiful day in early spring. Instead of using a stable workbench or table, we sat outside on our porch swing. It was a fun day of laughing and talking while we worked busily with our hands.

Over time, many of our crafts have broken, been thrown away, or found themselves in the bottom of a drawer. But these memories…they will be treasured forever.

🪹this craft was included in the April 2020 morning time bundle🪹

Sometimes as your children grow older it feels as

Sometimes as your children grow older it feels as if all of the “firsts” have already slipped by. They’ve already said their first words, taken their first steps, lost their first tooth, had their first day of school, etc. Then suddenly, when you least expect it, you find another set of firsts are knocking at your door.

Recently we’ve experienced Jordan’s first taste of driving, watched him enjoy washing his very first car, and celebrated the first round of graduation parties for some of his closest friends (thankfully we still have 2 years left before we celebrate his).

If you see this season of your life approaching, know that it can be a fun one! It is a gift to experience these firsts together and while, yes, this means another season is coming or going these memories are treasured just as much (maybe even a bit more) as all of those lost teeth and first steps. Instead of pushing back just lean in and enjoy them.

A little excerpt for women from my reading today.

A little excerpt for women from my reading today. I hope it will encourage you as it did me….from chapter 8 in “Let Me Be a Woman” by Elisabeth Elliott

On being a woman…

“Perspective makes all the difference in the world. If you catch even a glimpse of the divine design, you will be humbled and awed at least. I believe a true understanding of it will also make you grateful. But there are those to whom being a woman is nothing more than an inconvenience….Their lives are spent pining to be something else.

Every creature of God is given something that could be called an inconvenience, I suppose, depending on one’s perspective. The elephant and the mouse might each complain about his size, the turtle about his shell, the bird about the weight of his wings….but turtles have no need to fly nor birds to creep. The special gift and ability of each creature defines its special limitations. And as the bird easily comes to terms with the necessity of bearing wings when it finds that it is, in fact, the wings that bear the bird - up, away from the world, into the sky, into freedom - so the woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts, her special calling - wings, in fact, which bear her up into perfect freedom, into the will of God.”

🌿🌿🌿

You were made for something and it is no accident that God made you a woman. It was planned, ordained, and fulfilled by an all-wise, all-powerful, all-loving Lord. He can and will use you….whatever your limitations may be.

As the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once put it, "

As the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once put it, "Friendship is a sheltering tree." How very true!

I am so grateful for this gentle reminder: when we spend our leisure time investing in relationships, it is always time well spent.

Some spring things to help celebrate a rain free a

Some spring things to help celebrate a rain free and sunny day!🌿

The May bundle is ready!! This month, the bundle i

“Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, fo

“Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well” - Michael Pollan

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We are finishing all of the final details for the May morning time bundle today. We spent the afternoon painting and cutting out supplies for the craft while the quiche (May’s recipe) baked. This is perhaps the most savory recipe that has ever been included in one of the bundles and it feels perfect for the end of spring! Added bonus: our house smells delicious.

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