Mr. Trouble on Feet had a tiny garden patch in a corner of our neighbor’s vegetable garden again this summer. All throughout the growing season he has been conversing with our neighbor (and also his viola teacher, who has a big garden as well) about how the vegetable are growing.…

Alas, with the start of school and choir rehearsals (which take place in teensy tiny groups or virtually, these days) our weekly Sunday Night at the Beach Routine has ended for the season. Of course, we still carve out time to go to the beach here and there, but not…

I’ve always loved getting letters in the mail, and I’ve always liked sending them, too. It doesn’t happen as often as I would like these days, and the letters I send to people are much, much shorter and less fancy than they used to be, but putting a stack of…

I capture this image again and again, but guess what? It’s so fun to look at how these kidlets grow and change through time as they do their everyday practicing. I’m never sad to have these images later.

The puppet bin came upstairs near the end of last week for an enrichment activity, and all three kidlets at home have been enjoying the puppet collection so much that the bin is still out. There is puppet drama every day. It’s quite entertaining. This is Al. He’s been hanging…

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…