Today Grandma C. and my girls and I went for a walk at Dow Gardens. The gardens looked lovely and I was curious about all the investments that were made recently. I especially liked seeing the areas that were new when I worked at the gardens and are now grown up and mature and beautiful. …

Mom and Jennifer and I have been looking through old slides and scanning the best ones. We sorted through photos from 1960 to 1993 and it was interesting to see photos of dad’s reflector oven pop up over and over. It got me thinking about how something can be so pleasing that you want to…

My girls and I have been going here and there and everywhere – seeing friends and family and enjoying USA summer. Mabel’s mom planned a trip to the most kitschy charming mini golf place. Then we had to say good-bye and we drove to Michigan. Chicago traffic lived up to expectations. Bea made a new…

Brian sent me photos at intervals today – it was to reassure me that he was safe and hadn’t fallen off the side of a mountain. I’m only half joking. Today was his birthday and he got to take himself on a much deserved bike ride. He went far and he went high! I think…

Claire and I had a really nice walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden. We strolled around in the middle of the hot day and it was beautiful and inspiring for my garden mind.

Summer is rolling along. Before we left for the US Bea and I got to go on a tour of the Zurich Airport. Bea’s friend Brady invited us for his birthday. He is super geeky about planes (I mean that in the best way) and it was fun watching him talk with the tour guide…

I’m so happy that I got to see a bit of Croatia. We have Mabel and her family to thank because they chose Croatia and the town of Omis as their vacation destination and we followed along. Omis was lovely. It’s a bustling little town that is flooded with people looking to enjoy the beach.…

Look at the cute clothespin holder I found at my grocery store!