Travel Tips

Travel Tip Tuesday: When in Rome

Happy Tuesday friends and welcome to This Darling Adventure. Today we have the opportunity to talk about one of my favorite cities in the world: ROME! Now, you may have heard the phrase "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" and today we are going to talk about how to do just that. So… Continue reading Travel Tip Tuesday: When in Rome

Something Meaningful

Meaningful Monday: Your Story

Good morning! It is good for you to be here today on this lovely Monday morning (or afternoon depending on where you are). I hope you had a beautiful weekend and are looking ahead to a fantastic week. For those of you who do not know me very well, I write. This may be super… Continue reading Meaningful Monday: Your Story

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Saturday Crafternoon: Holiday Branch Decor

Welcome friends! As promised, today we are kicking off our new blogging format with our VERY FIRST SATURDAY CRAFTERNOON! What are we making today, you may ask? Well... (Drum roll please) In the spirit of the Christmas season, we will be making an awesome (and really easy) tree branch ornament display. I call it "Holiday Branch… Continue reading Saturday Crafternoon: Holiday Branch Decor

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Aloha Friday & Much, Much More!

Good morning everyone! It is Friday at last and I hope that you are looking forward to an awesome weekend of adventures. Fridays have always been one of my favorite days of the week. It is more than just the end of a week of working. It is also the beginning of the weekend -  a time… Continue reading Aloha Friday & Much, Much More!

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Blue Skies & Butterflies

Today, we have blue skies and sunshine! It is -20 degrees outside, the days are short, and there is still plenty of snow blanketing the ground, but we have blue skies and sunshine after several months of cloud coverage. We finally have Manitoba winter weather and life is good! A year ago today, we were in… Continue reading Blue Skies & Butterflies

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Snowflakes

I have recently discovered the wonder and excitement of snowflakes. This may sound a bit silly, but growing up in southern California, snow was not really a thing. Sure, we could pack up the car and drive to the mountains where my family and I would make snowmen and sled down random hills. But snow… Continue reading Snowflakes

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Expecting the Unexpected

When I look at this photograph I cannot help but laugh. What may appear to be a carefully orchestrated moment (a moment in which Andy and I waited patiently for an ibex to meander its way across the foreground of our setting so we could snap a few photos) actually was in fact an accident. We had just finished hiking through the… Continue reading Expecting the Unexpected

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In the Beginning

At the ripe age of eleven years old, I did not have the slightest idea of what I was getting myself into. A friend merely informed me that they were short on volunteers for an annual trip they did out to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. I asked her to sign me up. Little did I know that the seemingly… Continue reading In the Beginning

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A Clothespin Christmas 

Christmas comes but once a year and now it is here indeed. It is crazy how quickly this year has gone by. It is like we celebrated the new year, blinked, and now it is already December again. Crazy, I tell you. Since we cannot deny that Christmas is just around the corner, Andy and… Continue reading A Clothespin Christmas 

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Resfeber

Resfeber is a Swedish word that describes the restless race of a traveller's heart before their journey begins. It is when feelings of anxiety and anticipation are tangled together, coexisting in perfect harmony in the depths of one's soul. It is the feeling that I get when I say "yes" to an utterly spontaneous adventure, unsure… Continue reading Resfeber