The sun was out last weekend and so were the freckles. We had a good walk and a picnic along Lake Michigan.

Yeah! Let the rummage sale season begin. I found these treasures at a church rummage sale just down the road. A set of nine sparkly Culver Ltd. glasses. And a set of Vera Neumann holiday napkins.

This weekend I sat in the sun and read a book. The light was striped with branch shadows. The birds sung all around me – sounding so happy, so clear, so bright. I kept getting interrupted by the bird sounds. I wish I knew which birds made which sounds. I looked into the branches searching for…

Brian and I celebrated (not much) our anniversary over the weekend. 14 years! Brian does this thing that is sweet. When he’s home and the girls are tucked into bed we often sit down to watch TV or a movie. We don’t have ice cream or any kind of dessert or pop corn or chips.…

My lawn chair was falling apart. I was in danger of falling through the disintegrating plastic straps. So I thought of my Grandpa Dice. Yes, Grandpa Dice used to refashion lawn chairs with macrame so I thought I would give it a try. I found directions on line (yay internet). It wasn’t hard but it…

This Spring has been teasing us with a warm day now and then. I take a moment to look around the yard and see all the bits of green popping up. I wonder what it would feel like if Spring was turned on like a light switch instead of the two steps forward one step…

Over the weekend we went to Ann Arbor so Brian could run a very cold marathon – brrrrrrrr. We also spent a little time bumming around Ann Arbor – telling the girls that this is where Aunt Jennifer and Daddy went to school. We popped into a nice independent book store and they had an…

We colored eggs on Saturday and also went to our neighborhood egg hunt. Bea was at a friend’s house but Claire ran and gathered some eggs. It’s nice – she sees lots of her friends and our neighbors. Plus, I like to see Brian running around with a little basket in his hand. On Sunday…

We just got back from a few days in Midland. A good trip – here are some pics.