I’m grateful for my sweet children, who already love each other dearly.

They seem to have their own connection- she’s rough and loud and I’ll think it’s too much for him, but it almost never is. He laughs and laughs and just...

Perhaps in order to successfully execute a "Wednesday Food Post" every week, I’ll just have to pretend that I’m supposed to post it by Tuesday… yes, that’ll work!

I’m feeling spring in the air, despite the cold frosty appearance of things. There’s just something that shifts in me… maybe it’s the longer days, the more frequent appearance of the sun, the slight thaw each day that lifts the smell...

No food post on Wednesday, but I wanted to do this update anyway- sort of a combination of food and gratitude. Always a good idea to combine those two, in my opinion.

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Here’s a peek at our little homestead last summer via Google Maps. Cool, eh? Anyway, This year...

This past weekend marked the end of my sister and her kids’ stay with us. Two months, just like that. We moved them into their new space on Sunday. The kids and I went over there this afternoon to help them get a little more settled. Just like Jeff...

I’m grateful for little reminders that spring is on its way.

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The garden. I’m ready. I’m so, so ready. I’d love to say that I’m one of those Michiganders who doesn’t sink into a hole at the end of February, but I can’t. I’m not as bad as some- I still push myself to get out into it, and I...

Here we have sweet little Tuula stuck in the doll cradle. She was a tad panicked, and as her mother ran for my camera, it brought me right back to a scene a few years ago…

She had just learned to...

You know, I’ve grappled about what to write about tonight. I was going to give you a lovely completed garden plan with lists of delectable varieties of heirloom plants I’m going to grow this year… but no. That will have to come next week. I promise a lovely garden...