All right, so maybe bounce house isn’t on your bucket list this summer. Still, whatever you were going to do to take advantage of the sunny skies and hot temps, you have less than 30 days to get your act together! In an effort to motivate, I asked everyone here: What...
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I Get Around: Greenleaf Hut at Mount Lafayette
Last summer, we took our girls on their first overnight backpacking trip, and it turned out to be one of our fondest memories of 2015. Seeing how well that “big” hike went, we decided that we’d do another one this summer. This time we wanted to introduce the girls to...
Back to School Already? (And Free Printable Photo Sign)
Hi everybody, it’s Ryan again! How has my time at Smudge already come to an end? The summer blew by, and I don’t think I’ve been to the beach nearly enough. At least I managed to make it back to Maine to see my family a few times. When I can’t make it...
For the Love of Printing: A Visit to East Parish Farm
Recently, we visited an old friend of Smudge Ink who invited my girls to his farm to meet and bottle-feed his recently acquired baby goats. They were adorable (the goats), and in addition to feeding them, my girls also got to meet two donkeys and a former competition horse named...
I Get Around: Colorado Part 3
So where was I? Ah, yes … off to Boulder-Longmont to visit my college friend, Chaz! I arrived to a home that just oozed Chaz: white painted walls, Danish modern furniture, menagerie of succulents, a tall and handsome curly-haired ginger (another Clayton!), and a backyard full of soaring wild flowers, hammocks,...