It was a little hairy getting to the rocky beach on Sunday evening, but we made it.  I was a little grumpy by the time we got there, so Dr. Peds sent me off on my kayak while he cooked supper on the grill and put the finishing touches on…

Taking pictures of The Banana and her violin had been in my mind for a few weeks when I was hiking in the woods and encountered a field of tansy blooming in a disturbed area that is cleared for city trucks to dump dirt.  Tansy is definitely not my favorite…

I don’t actually have any images to go with this story, because, quite frankly it was such an emergency situation that Dr. Peds and I both were in a full fledged state of panic.  Getting the camera never even crossed my mind. Last Sunday we came home from church.  I…

Last Saturday I took the three youngest kidlets and their bicycles to Hartley to ride the trails.  Mr. SP was dressed as Batman for the day.  In fact, underneath the Batman suit was his favorite pair of worn and comfy blue striped pajamas.  What can I say, we are a…

Ever since we had such a great time  touring Superior’s Fairlawn Mansion with Grandma Kathy earlier this summer, I have had in my mind to take my bigger kidlets to see Glensheen.  Things just didn’t work out for that to happen during the summer until last Monday, the very last…

Typically we don’t purchase a lot of clothing when taking care of our back to school shopping.  This is mostly because our kids clothing comes from a variety of sources, and most of the time those sources do not involve regular stores.  However, when Dr. Peds and Mr. SP were…

This is a long strand of DNA built  by Mr. SP using Zoob. There were a lot of things I had in mind to do this summer that did not happen.  Fortunately there were also a lot of great things that I didn’t plan or predict that DID happen, but…

Because who doesn’t want to go to the beach wearing a big fuzzy dragon costume?  Tons of fun.  

After reading Ted Kooser’s poetry book “The Blizzard Voices,” which poetically chronicles some of the stories of the Schoolchildren’s Blizzard of 1888, I did more reading about this devastating and catastrophic weather event.  The stories are gripping. Buttermilk pancakes with fresh peaches and whipped cream:  I learned that this is…