Prairie Garden

I am supposed to be putting a chicken into the oven to roast; but instead I am snuggling with my littlest guy, still groggy from his nap.  ...

Various posts keep running through my head.  The one stuck on repeat most recently would have been titled "Things I Thought I'd Ne...

In Wisconsin, the week before last 

We've been here for 5 years now.  A post on that fact (five. years!) brewed in my head for several weeks, but nothing ever came of it.  ...

Has it really been over two weeks since I posted last?  Ugh.  Time flies, especially with less an hour of down-time each day.  I could stay ...

Today I'm going to make garlic scape pesto .  I dropped last summer's pesto remnants in a glass storage container that shattered on...

Post title: The Bright Side Picture caption: Only one of them was aware it existed. Endless giggles: Awkward Family Photos

All three of our boys are going through a chess binge (otherwise known as "chesst" at our house).  We have three sets: one cardboa...

Every cloud has one, right? While I was vacuuming our gargantuan living room today (a later addition to this old, patchwork-quilt-of-a-hou...

I finally finished re-organizing the boys' winter clothing for storage in our household's biannual seasonal clothing change.  Just y...

Just like brudder.  Always. It is so fun to watch the wheels turning in his little head, seeing how he works it out to mirror his bru...

There is too much to say and not enough time to write a coherent post, so I defer to the list-post. We had another huge green salad for l...

Another windy day.  We've had several days of such fierce wind in the past week that it's just better not to go outside.  My hair w...

Is it Thursday already? We had an extremely productive three days last weekend.  Squeeze took Monday off, an excellent move which produced...

One of the nests we are watching this spring: Aren't robins' eggs so gorgeous? That blue . . . so hopeful. Mesmerizing. We...

Schtinky has really enjoyed the slide this spring. (Another road-side treasure) Truby was SO proud of spelling his name. "W...

We've lived here for 5 years this July.  Un-un-un-un.  And though it does feel normal by this point, I'm still amazed.  "Time f...

Peering in at our new chicks this past weekend  The communication is pouring out of little Jamie.  I'm always amazed to see the w...

This weekend we planted: Onions Scallions Leeks Squeeze did all the leeks, I did all the scallions, and we split the onions 60 (him) /...

This past weekend, Squeeze and I got involved in a dispute over bath towels.  It was a classic tussle over pet peeves, with arguments dissec...