Super Rachel Zana's Spot

There are a few more pictures of our Labor Day Weekend that I can't resist sharing.  On Friday at sunset we took a quick trip down to the rocky beach, where of course, all the non-adults climbed rocks, jumped off rocks, and swam in the frigid water until they were…

While my nieces were visiting, we tromped down one of my favorite hiking trails.  As the last waterfall cascades down the craggely rock, there is a shallow pool.  It didn't the exploring crew long to discover a crayfish scooting along the broken rocks under the water.  They called my brother-in-law…

My nieces took an instant liking to the crab apple tree, which is now loaded with completely ripe mini-fruits that plonk down to the ground at unsuspecting moments.  They spent a considerable amount of time shaking the tree, pulling down its branches, and whacking it with a broomstick all in…

My three nieces and their parents came to visit for the weekend.  The main purpose of the visit was for them to extract the hot tub out of its little gazebo enclosure that's not really a gazebo at all, and cart it off to Iowa.  You see, a hot tub…

I've been meaning to record this here for about a week, but I haven't.  Last week Mr. Sneaky Pants and Sarah were working in the office at the art table.  They had been busy for a long time, which was excellent because The Banana and I were accomplishing some much…

To convince my husband that crab apples are not the spawn of the devil, we've been picking the fruit that hangs low enough to the ground to reach.  The kidlets take the lowest branches, and I climb about on the ladder, filling buckets of crab apples.  We haven't even come…

I mentioned before that over the weekend we traveled down to The Cities.  In addition to visiting our good friends, the main purpose of the journey was to transport me to the middle of St. Paul so that I could sing with the Arrowhead Chorale at the Minnesota State Fair.  For many…

We were so exited to take a little weekend trip down to The Cities last Saturday.  I spent the greater part of Saturday singing at the state fair with the Arrowhead Chorale as part of the Minnesota Voices concert sponsored by the American Composers Forum.  (It was very fun, and…

We were all driving in the car on our way home from some morning appointments today.  From the middle of the van, Mr. Sneaky Pants was listening to me describe an article I had been reading in a magazine about old houses: Mr. SP:  I really, really wish we could…

It is the season of crab apples!  Our trees are loaded again this year.  I love lying in my hammock in the late afternoon, gazing up at the ripening tiny orbs above me, breathing in their fruity scent and appreciating their slow change in color.  I bask in the knowledge…