Super Rachel Zana's Spot

After the Fourth of July pig roast, my wonderful husband and his neighbor friends went to the Boundary Waters for their annual canoe trip.  Perhaps they spent too much time in the sun because they came back with a hair brained idea to roast an even bigger pig.  This time…

He loves his milk as much as I do.  We especially like to drink it from tall jars.  Yum.  

We explored.  We climbed. We posed.  (Could you get any cuter?  She loves to be cute!) There was a great search for sea glass, and many treasures were found!   She loved throwing medium sized rocks in the water.  The Lake was as still as could be, uncannily still.  …

This is just a smattering of a few images to show you how much fun we had enjoying the beautiful evening at the sandy beach.  (I have even more to send you, Rhonda!)  It was a perfect summer evening.  The Lake was calm, perfect for trying out the kayak and…

I’m very, very behind on blogging.  This is because I have been out and enjoying all sorts of wonderful summer activities.  I’ve been away from my computer because something has been going on nonstop, and although I am behind, my camera has been busy at work documenting everything that I’ve…

We are in the middle of swimming lessons.  They started last week and finish at the end of this coming week.  Each morning the smallest 3 kidlets head off with Dr. Peds or me to the university pool in swimming attire, and each morning they arrive back home in time…

Here are just a few things I’ve been loving this summer: Poetry by Billy Collins Herbal Armor Bug lotion.  We are a non-DEET bug spray family, and by chance I ran across a container of Herbal Armor while on vacation a few years ago and bought it.  This lotion is…

Last summer we happened to be visiting Temperance River Sate Park, and noticed some campsites that were right next to Lake Superior.  We made a mental note to try and camp there this summer.  Way back in January, during a painful cold snap,  I realized that I should probably try…

I learned all about the nesting habits and behavior of robins.   Barkers Island, an island in the harbor of the St. Louis River that stretches from Duluth across the front of Superior Wisconsin was not always an island.  Barker, who owned a dredging company had a bad business deal…

We were getting in the car to run an errand. The Banana:  Are we going to mail something? Me:  Uhm, not today. The Banana:  Oh.  I thought you were maybe going to mail a letter to Old Grandma. Mr. SP:  Uhm, you can’t mail a letter to Old Grandma.  She’s…