Memorial Day
To honor Memorial Day, Bob and I chose to explore one of our local parks, Naga-Waukee County Park in Delafield. It's just a little piece of heaven. I'm so glad…
Farmer’s Market
We survived No Mow May and move on to our local Farmer's Market. All my friends and neighbors tolerated our No Mow May and now that we have finally mowed,…
No Mow May
Sometimes doing the right thing is as easy as..... doing nothing. No Mow May is a movement to help increase the number and species of bees and try to give…
Lizard Mound State Park
We had a kayak trip planned, but the weather did not cooperate. It was just too cold for a bunch of us to load ourselves into our kayaks for a…
Art in Bloom
Winter can get long in Wisconsin, but when spring arrives, it is full of life and joy. A dear friend took me to the Milwaukee Art Museum for the annual…
Breathe!
I'm lucky to have a wonderful home and family but even home can have heartache. We lost our faithful dog of 17 years, Stumpy, last week so we are adjusting…
Macarons!
Have you ever wanted to learn to bake something but were afraid to try? That's how I felt about macarons. Those little cookies always looked too exotic, too dainty and…
Winter’s Promise
I know that many of you are cleaning up from the recent snowstorm, but yesterday, we were able to go for a beautiful walk in the bright blue sunshine. It…
Sneak It In
We had a stretch of cold weather rolling in, but we also had one day that was looking like a reprise. We still had a small stretch of the Pike…
Happy New Year
I don't know about you, but one thing I never do is to make New Year's resolutions. As a young girl, I remember hearing "rules are made to be broken".…