Last week we hopped in the van for another Art Out and About adventure. We didn’t have a destination when I pulled out of the driveway, but by the first corner, the kidlets had decided that we should head to Bagley. We didn’t make it farther than the pond, but…

I learned to identify a cedar waxwing bird, and learned to delight in how social these little feathered friends can be! The neighborhood bear likes plums! I heard a sound the other night near the garbage cans outside, and at first I thought it was just Dr. Peds taking out…

Here in Northern Minnesota, late August seems to often bring a sequence of beautiful days with perfect temperatures, and the past few years I have noticed that I really enjoy the tall, late blooming flowers in the forest and all around the neighborhood. I’m soaking up the green, soaking up…

She goes for a run most evenings, and her bracelets go with her.

So, I’ve gotten pretty behind in sharing images from our Sunday Night at the Beach excursions, but rest assured, we have made it to the beach every single Sunday night all summer long! Sometimes I think we won’t actually make it, but the exuberant value of pausing whatever needs to…

We had a great week! This girl loves to make things, so our week (and house) was filled with projects using beads, buttons, glue, string, markers, paint, ink, scissors, chalk . . . everything! She built fantastic marble runs with Mr. Trouble on Feet, played board games, and created wonderful…

The Names they Gave Us by Emery Lord. This is probably the best Young Adult novel that I’ve read this year. The topics are handled with such grace and nuanced, and it is so rare to find a protagonist in a young adult novel that subscribes to the Christian religion.…

A few days ago we started a little project: taking art supplies to a destination and creating art inspired by what we saw when we got there. We’re pretty excited about the idea. Our first trip was to Chester Bowl, where we plunked ourselves down on a picnic table. The…

We have had a lot of warm weather this summer, and I have particularly been enjoying fruit smoothies on extra hot and muggy afternoons. There’s something refreshing about sitting and slurping a cold, red smoothie through a stainless steel straw. A few months ago, near the start of the lockdown,…

It seemed like he was asking which was his more photogenic side. Seagulls are irritating to a lot of people (such as Dr. Peds), but I get quite a kick out of their humorous, crafty shenanigans.