It’s rainy and chilly outside and I can’t stop baking. It must be Fall. I made a new recipe. Have you heard about a Japanese style of bread that uses a roux? It is supposed to make the bread really tender and it’s supposed to make it stay fresh longer. Well I tried a roll…

I unearthed this old mini quilt in a pile of sentimental baby blankets in Wilmette. Grandma Dice made it with me when I was little. I guess it’s my first quilt.  And this is my latest quilt. Another mini. Maybe I’ll hang in on the wall. I think it’s time to make a full size…

I am so thankful for Bea’s best friend Mabel. She is a rock for Bea. And I’m so happy that her dad brought her here for a visit again!!! I have too many photos of Mabel and Bea with huge smiles.

I’ve been dreaming of my sewing room all summer. And finally in the last several days I have been able to sneak away and spend a little time alone in there. Bliss. When we were traveling I read the blog of Carolyn Friedlander. She’s a quilter and fabric designer. I got so much inspiration from…

These last few days with mom have passed pretty quickly. It’s time for her to head home tomorrow already. Here’s what we’ve been up to while the girls endured their first week of school. We saw a nice big rainbow: Mom sat at my table and did some coloring: We went into Zurich to buy…

We took a little trip to the mountains with Grandma over the weekend. We went to Stanserhorn and the weather was perfect. It’s exciting to ride on the train with Claire: First we took an open air funicular: Then a big gondola the rest of the way up the mountain: We had a yummy lunch:…

I almost forgot about these photos from when we were in Midland. We took a nice walk through Dow Gardens with Grandma C. 

Today my girls started back to school. It is a big change for Bea this year. She is going to 6th grade at the middle school and so she commutes all by herself. She walks from our house to the train station, takes the train and then a bus and then it’s another short walk…

Now we are back home and we brought grandma with us. The girls start school next week so we are trying to fill these last few days of summer vacation with fun stuff. Claire was lucky to have a friend from Wilmette visit and we are enjoying showing grandma our Swiss home. Today we visited…