Recycling – in the flower bed ! Another revelation about me – I like bottles – not just any bottle, but the ones with some character or that are old, antique-y, vintage-y bottles. Or pretty colored bottles. I don’t have many bottles, but I love to look at them and am drawn to them in … Read More
Another step into “grown-up land” is taken by our first baby. C is moving into her own place the first week in August. One of her immediate needs was a bed, so while we were in Cincinnati for her graduation, we helped her purchase a mattress & box spring. Which meant a lot of laying … Read More
Special places, cont.Is there anyone out there in blogland that is as sentimental as I am about places I’ve lived and visited? I can’t help it. I’m hopelessly sentimental. Our first home is one of the places that causes the sentiment to rise in me. There is just something special about this home….that we bought … Read More
Special placesAs a child I always thought I’d live in the same house, on the same street, and go to all the familiar places I’d always gone to. One of those special places was my grandparent’s “cottage” (lake home) on Lake of the Woods, in Decatur, Michigan. For the last year or so I’ve had … Read More
I’ll have some more please. So today was just a “little” windy….but it was still a good day. We slept til 9am (perfect) had breakfast, then Cara joined Kirk and I for a cup of coffee on the back patio. That’s when some friends stopped by (we hadn’t showered, and some of us were in … Read More
We experienced a rare occassion at our home last week, we all had dinner together! Actually, since that day last week, I think we’ve managed another dinner together. Not bad for us, 2 times in two weeks 5 people from the same house – sitting down for a meal together. The first time was for … Read More
You don’t need to be a smoker to make rings! But it takes talent to make “air rings” While laying on your back on the bottom of the pool Evidently it is hard to explain the technique the result is pretty cool though. I’ll tell ya, such talent in our family ! 🙂 Then, there … Read More
All summer . . . I’ve been longing to go here . . . For one of these . . . With this on top! And tonight was my lucky night! Kirk took me to get a DQ Krunch Kote Cone. Per Cara’s instruction, I ordered a “side” of Krunch Kote to dip my cone … Read More