Prepare yourself – The Mad Men season starts this Sunday.  Photos by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair I’m thinking I should make some sort of sixties style food and serve it in some of my Pyrex. I can’t wait.

As long as I can remember my dad has been dipping a net in rivers and ponds and sifting through the treasures he finds. He has taught countless kids (and adults) about the plants and bugs you can find in just a little scoop from the Chippewa river. Over the weekend Bea and Jenna got…

My excuse for going back to Midland over the weekend was to attend the Windover School reunion. My Grandpa Dice went to Windover, My mom went to Windover and I went to Windover. I was there for kindergarten through third grade. The school eventually closed and then reopened as a vocational school for high school…

We had a great weekend in Midland – starting on Friday when we went fabric shopping and splashing at the sprinkle park with Mom and Jennifer and Jenna. Then later that evening Jennifer and I whipped up five more Lazy Days Skirts. Now I think Jennifer and I should arrange a whole weekend for us…

I thought I posted these photos already – I must have started the post and then gotten pulled away from my computer.  Anyway – Here is Bea making some banana bread with the bee apron that Aunt Sandy sent for her. Thanks so much Aunt Sandy – for the nice comments you write and for…

“Bea, are you done painting?”   “Daddy, I’m dill.”     Bea is not an aromatic herb that pairs so well with cream and salmon, she is simply communicating that she is still eating. Kathy and I always remark about wanting to remember Bea-isms so here is one. The hard part is that we laugh…

If we’re not at the beach you can find us at the pool this summer. I’ve turned the far end of our patio into our pool area. It’s just so easy for me to fill it up and let her play. If it’s a little chilly out I can even put warm water in since…