Haiku get-away

As a belated celebration of our 5th wedding anniversary, Matt and I went away last weekend to a bed and breakfast for a night. We were so grateful to our babysitter, Jamie, and to my grandparents who shared childcare duties while we were away. By all accounts Lucy did great, though she missed us.

It was a short trip (just over 24 hrs), but completely delightful. We found a little book of haikus in a used bookstore up there (located in an old barn, pictured below), and it inspired us to think of our trip as a Haiku get-away (hopefully longer poem trips and maybe even epics will be possible in the future!).


We've also composed a few haikus of our own since then (the pattern is 5 syllables, then 7, then 5).

Matt's (from the perspective of Elizabeth):

I love poetry
My husband's time is fleeting
So we read haikus

Elizabeth's:

Five years together
Hiking up and down mountains
We're still holding hands

The B&B was very homey and overlooked a river, as did our room.

We went for a fun walk along the river on the first afternoon and then had dinner at a restaurant nearby that also overlooked the river. It was beautiful in all the snow.

Lest a post go by without pictures of her, here is Lucy playing in the snow after our recent snowstorm. The beach bucket and shovel are coming in handy even in this season!

And here is our little princess getting a ride around the house.