We've been in for a bit of a treat this summer with the two caterpillar friends we took in.  The first one (sorry I didn't take a p...

The sun has been shining and the weather has been trying to fool us into thinking spring is finally here.  It's not.  Not in early March...

  August is a good month to stop and smell the flowers. Zinnia Green Envy, Love Lies Bleeding, Rannuncula, Baby's breath & Nast...

Tonight Loren and I though we'd spotted a hummingbird in our lilacs from out the kitchen window.  It was moving like a hummingbird, an...

Sadie has been after me to make a bird feeder for all the chickadees that have been flitting around our porch.  I saw this quick and eas...

We met some of our new neighbors yesterday.  They were so kind to stop by unannounced and do a little impromptu trimming of the raspberry...

The summer kind of got away from my camera this year.  I guess that happens when you are umpteen months pregnant and chasing a two-year-ol...

It was a perfect morning for a "hike" at the top of Anvil Mountain with our friends Zoe, Jasper, Elise & Huckleberry.  I...

Today we got to go on an unusual outing of sorts.  If you have been following national or state headlines, you might have heard that due to ...

The arctic has sunsets to take your breath away, but catch them quickly,  because in the blinking of an eye they are gone.   a straggling be...

Lately I have been inspired by the Waldorf concept of having an ever changing collection of kid-selected, seasonal things grouped together ...

The holiday season is upon us.  Walk into any place of commerce (large or small) and you are apt to see a plethora of gaudy, disposable Hall...

  It's starting to get cold here (a tiny bit of snow this morning even).  Sadie and I have been trying to make the most of the beach whi...

 I think today might have been one of Sadie's happiest days ever.   Finally, she can pick as many plants as she wants...AND there are bl...