We went to Midland to help my mom after her back surgery and also to celebrate my mom-in-laws birthday. We had a great trip. Mom is doing great and we had so many fun days. We started off in downtown Midland at my Aunt Garlene's apartment. Mom stayed with her after her surgery and we…

The girls and I spent last week in Midland and then Brian joined us at the end. Now we're home and summer feels like it is wrapping up. I'm enjoying my garden and the girls and I went for a swim last night. And we're also getting ready for school to start in just a…

Yesterday, we celebrated Swiss National Day, a few days late, with a big feast of raclette. Seems like a very long time since we were in Switzerland. I expect we will go back next summer and it will feel nice to be at our other home.

I'm celebrating another window being done.  This window is upstairs in our hallway. I love how the light comes into the rounded dormer shapes up there. This is the first non-white window I've done. It's gray on the inside to match the trim color that I'm using throughout the house.  It's hard to tell in…

Over the weekend we visited Middlefork Savannah – it's a beautiful place not too far from home. It was a hot morning but the flowers and the oak trees were wonderful. The midwest landscape at its best! Connected to Middlefork Savannah is Elewa Farm. I was left thinking why haven't I been to this fascinating…

We're about to do a bit of travel in August but July has been a fun month spent close to home. Here are a bunch of photos that show what we've been up to. We visited the Chicago Botanic Garden and their anniversary exhibits We've been enjoying eating outside almost every night and we've been…

I'm enjoying my garden so much lately.  When it's not too hot I sit in the hammock in the afternoon. In the morning, I usually I have my coffee by all my potted plants by the back door. This morning the dew drops were arranged like jewels on my radish leaves. All the color in…

I had quite a bit of leftover fabric after I sewed my latest shirt. And ruffle are in again, right?