I was telling one of my friends that Brian and I are going on a 10 day vacation without the girls and she said “well that’s cheeky”. As if we are getting away with something and being wild and impulsive. I told her that if we lived nearby we’d leave the girls for a weekend…

I do a lot of complaining about Joann Fabrics, but they have actually been putting out some really nice prints with their in house line. I got this fabric when I was in Michigan at Christmas time. I have it in yellow too so I’ll make a matching dress for Claire E. The pattern is…

The hotel we stayed in last weekend had homemade rhubarb jam. It was so good and I couldn’t get it out of my head. So I found a recipe and I’m crossing my fingers that when it cools I’ll discover it’s just as delicious. I’m also a bit in love with these canning jars. I…

and we’re up to no good. I spent six Swiss Francs on two very small Slush Puppies*. Bea climbed into Claire’s crib and had a good giggle. Now they’re outside playing in the water – Claire’s Kitty went for a swim. Here’s our garden. When you buy a packet of seeds here they include a…

We took a few days for a vacation to an area that is new to us – the canton Uri – right in the middle of the country. We did some hiking and wandered around some pretty old towns. We took a long boat ride and a quick gondola ride.   We stayed in a…

We didn’t make it to the open wine cellars day this year, but I still had to get a photo of the posters – I like them so much.  Here’s 2011 and 2010

They make me laugh – discovering, everyday, just how different they are. Notice above that Bea is wiping her hands clean; Claire has tasted the paint and is moving on to painting the table.

For Mother’s Day we went back to the Seleger Moor Garden. Very pretty! Here’s Bea threading the rhododendron blooms that she found on the ground onto a stick.