I love these feet when they are clean and fresh from the bathtub, and I love them when they are dirty and messy because they walk all over outside.  I love them when they pitterpatter on the hardwood floors, and I love them when they are shoved in sandals all…

We pulled out the outside easal for some messy fun on the deck.  Mr. SP and The Banana did some painting while Mr. Trouble on Feet was sleeping, and when he woke up, he was more than thrilled to dip those brushes in and do some smearing.  He bestowed upon…

This week a box arrived on my front porch, and inside was a submersible waterproof bag for my old camera.  I’ve been eying one for years, and I decided to just get it last week because Lake Superior is the warmest it has ever been, and if there has ever…

I have contracted a small cold, the kind that stuffs up your nose and makes your throat scratchy and causes you to feel completely exhausted even though you can’t sleep.  By supper time we had already dealt with the moldy banana muffin from two weeks ago that The Banana had…

It’s raspberry season, which in our household requires at least three different trips to the raspberry farm to fill buckets with those premium fresh red lovelies.  I know I say it every year, but really, is there anything in the world more tasty than raspberries fresh off the bush?  I…

Our neighbors up the hill spontaneously invited us to bring the kidlets and a pizza and relax in their yard with a cool breeze and an amazing view of Lake Superior.  How could we decline?  We stayed until the sun set, and it was good.

Friday morning was beautifully overcast, but by noon the sun was blazing and the temperature was climbing, and a decision was made to head to the sandy beach with our neighbors halfway down the street.  The sand was burning hot and sitting on it felt literally like I was baking…

Par for the course, we dragged Grandma Kathy around to all sorts of places while she was here: to the  rocky beach, Little Sand Bay on the South Shore, to the raspberry farm, out to eat, and up the North Shore to do some hiking at Tettagouche State Park.  You…

It’s one of my favorite beaches, the mouth of the Kadunce River.  Red stones stretch in a wide arc, and the forest glints ahead of the setting sun.  We don’t get there often, but I always feel peaceful when we do.  There was a bit of paddle boarding, a lot…

  Before the biggest kidlets came back from North Dakota, we took an overnight trip to Grand Marais with Mr. Trouble on Feet and The Banana.  Everyone was buckled into their seats and we were driving along.  We passed a rather large cemetery. The Banana:  Oh look!  It’s a wedding!…