I grew up doing so much serious camping and I loved it – it’s a wonder that I don’t do more camping with my kids. So I took the girls and Bea’s best friend camping for a couple nights. We went to the Kohler-Andrae State Park in Wisconsin. The park is right along Lake Michigan,…

Have you heard that gardening rule of thumb about how perennials grow – they sleep, then creep, then leap. I think there is some truth to it, but I like to just say that the third year is the charm. We took out some overgrown shrubs in March of 2015. Then I planted viburnums, perennial geraniums,…

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Brian is gone to Zurich, to our new apartment and to his new office. We won’t see him until the week of 4th of July. I’m feeling a little melancholy and a little grouchy about being a single mom for the next several weeks. I hate this part of moving.  So I made some cinnamon rolls.…

We enjoyed a beautiful Labor Day weekend at home. Hope you had a great start to summer too!

We celebrated an early Father’s Day since Brian will be in Zurich then. We love him.