Remains of the Day

This kid fills me with wonder every day (though sometimes it's of the "I wonder why a ten-year-old can't follow a basic direct...

A fat salamander at home under a rock by the front door.

It's been a long day.  I woke up this morning groggy from the benadryl I took last night to stave off the wheezing from the dusty books ...

Things finally quieted down enough over the last couple of weekends, that I was able to finish completely reorganizing and decluttering the...

This recipe was always a staple in our house every spring/early summer when I was growing up, and I try to make at least one batch of it eve...

What is it, about summer, that you sit there all winter, waiting and waiting and waiting for it to end and finally the snow melts and it rai...

Apparently I took an unplanned bloggy break last week...oops.  Must have been recovering from the madness of Birthday Season, or something, ...