We’ve been doing several art projects on the deck the last few days. The weather has been beautiful, so we’ve been hiking and hiking, and smearing a lot of paint around.

I am not a seamstress. Most likely I will never be a seamstress. I can use a sewing machine to sew paper into a mean little book, but for the most part, material really makes me queasy. My mother, on the other hand, is marvel with her sewing machine. Really.…

The Banana is finally adjusting to grass. Earlier this summer, whenever she was placed on the lucious green stuff, she’d scream and scream. I think the blades of grace irritated her skin a little or something, and she really let everyone in the neighborhood know about it. Lately I have…