Tonight we had a picnic dinner at our beach. It was warm and really windy – it felt wonderful.

This week I was sort of un-motivated. Maybe I’m a bit overwhelmed by our upcoming move.  Instead of getting stuff done I made record progress on my quilt. I don’t think I’ve ever quilted a quilt so fast. I just wanted to sit in my chair by the window and sew all day. It will…

Do you remember the days when we fell in love? What did we talk about all those hours that felt like minutes? It was wonderful and I knew it was wonderful. And yet I didn’t even know how wonderful. It’s like a summer evening when the temperature is just right and a gentle breeze blows…

Have you noticed there are just not enough pictures of mountains and cows and cheese and chocolate on this web site lately? Well, Brian and I were finding that to be a real problem. Too much boring domestic content for my beloved (three) readers. So we’re making a big change – this blog will once…

“The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You’re one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you’re…

When we did our kitchen renovation I saved several of the old drawers that were original to the house. I’ve wanted to get them hung up on the wall of my sewing room – to use as shelves. This weekend I finally did it! Hanging shelves is not my favorite thing to do. It’s such…

This week I spent some time sorting through old clothes that no longer fit the girls. I have a small pile of itty bitty clothes that I just cannot get rid of. I’m too sentimental. One look at the little dresses and I can picture Bea and Claire in all their chubby baby sweetness. I…

Add cake to my cardboard creation repertoire. 

Brian had to get fitted for a suit he will be wearing in a wedding – we had to go down into Chicago. Here are the girls waiting while Brian gets measured for his suit – bored: Then we took them to Dylan’s Candy Bar and let them ogle the three floors of candy: A little walk…

Finally some light!