Here are a bunch of photos that Brian and Bea took in and near Dresden. Brian flew over and helped her get settled so they were able to explore a little together. She's been taking her German class for about a week and a half now and she's been riding her bike all around the…

Lately I've been thinking about knowing when to stop and when to start.  When knitting I tend to keep going and going when I really should stop. I make sweaters longer than I intend to. I've been trying to improve the fit for my knitting projects. Here's my latest project where I really tried not…

Bea is done with high school. Wow, hard to believe. Here she is heading to her last day. She won't be going to her graduation ceremony because her German lessons in Dresden start the same day. Here she is packing her bike into Brian's bike bag so she can ride around Dresden. I'll take her…

I have mostly photos of my garden and things I've made but what's really on my mind lately is my oldest daughter. I feel like we're in a period of holding our nerve. You see she has her heart set on going to college in a German speaking country. While all the other seniors at…

I had just one crust of rough-puff in the freezer so I made sort of a galette/pie. We sometimes call this driveway pie since the rhubarb grows right along the driveway. Mmmm.

A bad photo of one of my old friends – Mr. Bunny. A fellow gardener lamented the large number of bunnies this year. They are big and healthy and numerous! Someone mentioned that it's because they had so many cicadas to gobble up last summer. Maybe? I like the bunnies because they are cute and…

We had a quiet birthday celebration for Claire. Birthday cinnamon rolls and then mille feuille after dinner.  A display of sisterly love. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CLAIRE E.

Here's my woodland poppy looking big and happy. This is the plant mom brought with her on a plane trip from home. I want a bunch of them. A few weeks ago Jennifer and mom came my way on their way to see Jenna. We celebrated mom's birthday with a carrot cake. A new recipe…

…and a couple questionable plaster walls. I completed a painting project today. One of the few spaces left in the house that I have not coated in my choice of color. The front closet – by our front door. The plaster on the outside wall of this closet has been peeling and ugly since we…