My wish will come true soon. We’re heading to Michigan… again.

While Bea was having her weekend away with her friend Mabel we went to the zoo. 

Bea is away this weekend – she’s gone up to the top of Wisconsin to stay at Mabel’s grandma and grandpa’s house. It’s a first – for her to be gone a whole weekend. She loves Mabel’s mom and dad and Mabel’s grandma is a retired teacher so I’m sure she’ll have a great weekend. …

Claire and I went to the little farm near us – Wagner Farm. The rain was nice. I want that sweet garden fence and I’ll take a big rocking chair too.

Another walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden. This time through the natural prairie area. It was awash with such a great variety of flowers. I was amazed. It was windy and full of buzzy bees and so alive. I loved it! Here are the photos that Bea took: Here are the photos that I took:…

Naturally we will probably be out of town when the rest decide to ripen.

It’s August – I can see the end of summer coming. I feel like this has been an up and down Summer. We’ve had lots of difficult moments with Bea. At the end of the day I sometimes feel overwhelmed with worry for her. And then on the flip side – we’ve also had some…