Meet Claire, the tomato loving toddler! I grew more then a dozen tomato plants this year in a variety of hues. Some I nurtured from seeds and others I grabbed on markdown from a local farmer. All thrived. The tomatoes survived drought, neglect and most importantly – deer. We had a real hodgepodge out there, but it allowed us to sample a lot of different … Continue reading Future Foodie?
Meatloaf is not my strong point but last year I saw NotMartha’s monster meatloaf and had to give it a try. Of course I was lacking in both a freaky gelatin hand mold and decent meatloaf recipe. So I winged it. Meat, oatmeal, onions, carrots, zucchini, eggs, spices, ketchup, tomatoes…why oh why did I not write down what went into this DELICIOUS creation?! My best … Continue reading Coming Soon to a table near you…
Claire is devouring books lately, and while I adore reading to her I was happily surprised by the selection of audio books for the young child at our local library. We’ve been listening to a fantastic recording of Winnie the Pooh narrated by Judi Dench featuring Stephen Fry as Pooh. There are a bunch of other well known British actors involved in the reading and … Continue reading Reading…or listening as it may be!
Wow. Time flies! Does this kiddo look suddenly older, or is it just me? I know Claire looks half asleep in this photo but there is something about it I like! Maybe it’s the color or the way she’s flaring her nostrils like her Daddy, heehee! Continue reading Three Years Old?! Tomorrow?!
The air is crisp and colorful leaves are dotting the trees – it appears autumn has arrived! Last week Claire and I grabbed some crayons in fall hues, gathered a few leaves from the front yard and sat down to make some rubbings. As I expected, Claire found this project magical! The veins and edges appearing as she rubbed different colors thrilled her and the … Continue reading Autumn Artwork – Exploring Leaf Rubbings
We have a crawl space under our house where our furnace (and many families of cave crickets) live. It flooded in the wee hours of the morning and since we didn’t hear the alarm going off until 4 am, it continued to fill up drowning our furnace. I hope all of our early morning efforts getting the pumps back up and running help save the … Continue reading A Swimming Pool…in my crawl space.
I had a few titles floating around in my head for this post – “And the boys wore watermelon” a quip at Amanda’s color choice, she called it watermelon and I dubbed PINK (in all caps, shouted…loudly) “For the Facebook Phobic” a poke at my friend Lauren who can’t seem to bring herself to join the fun but is desperate to see my slave labor … Continue reading McManda’s Wedding
Chalk In My Pocket 