Cloud drama

Red sky at night In the midst of conversation, I looked over my husband’s shoulder and out the kitchen window to see an eerie red color lighting up the deck. What would formerly have been just “cool” was now cause for me to go running for my camera. A storm […]

Pete on patrol

Pete: Seidman Park I haven’t been snapping new pics this week, so I bring you yet another dog shot. This one taken a couple of weeks ago during our hike out near Ada. I always liked this one and planned to post it eventually. So there ya are.

The shorts

This was, I believe, Day 3 of the love affair (Acadia National Park) Back in May, as we were preparing for our upcoming roadtrip to New England, we stopped at a sporting goods store in Holland. As we browsed, I pointed out a pair of hiking shorts to Scott. North […]

Rugs and mugs

A few blocks away The office is finally done (aside from hanging a few odds and ends on the walls and painting some of the furniture). The walls are freshly coated and today we wrestled the new rug into place. It’s cheerful in here now. Banished is the football wallpaper […]

Polka!

The kids seemed to be the most inspired by the music I was chatting with my neighbor last night when a band struck up with a loud oompah-oompah. We looked around and saw a crowd gathered at the senior citizen’s complex across the street. Who knew they were planning such […]

The games

We’re about to be knee-deep in these any day now I’ve always loved the Olympics. I used to watch them with my mom when I was a kid. I remember USA vs. Russia in hockey because I swear I’d never seen her jump out of her chair and cheer like […]

Too old

My hollyhock keeps dropping its blooms onto the deck Our afternoon dog walks aren’t often boring. There’s always some form of entertainment to be had, most often for the neighbors who watch me do battle with two 40-pound dogs trying desperately to get at a squirrel perched just out of […]

Fruit on the bottom

Tonight’s dinner As much as I love to cook, I don’t like to cook for just myself. It seems like too much effort to whip something up for little ole me, especially when I’m busy. So on nights when Scott isn’t around, I get lazy. I reach for the box […]

Mean Lori

My bike-riding partner For those who know me well, this may not come as a big shocker. For the rest, well, I pride myself on speaking the truth. I’m not the nicest of people. Really. I know that I often come off as Miss Shiny Happy, but the real story […]

A little overboard

Just a portion of the take Today was “Shopping with Grandma” day. That meant cruising Kalamazoo for baby stores. We started at the Tot to Teen Village, which kinda blew my mind. Mom used to shop for me there when I was an itty bitty…and nothing has changed. The fairy […]

The best-laid plans

Dragonfly: Seidman Park Even the tiniest of obstacles can trip me up. Especially when I have grandiose plans of how my week is going to pan out and those obstacles plop themselves down in the midst of it all. On Sunday my plans seemed entirely doable. Such as…I will have […]