The Cluttered Pantry

Ok, in this case I went out and bought the lemons, but it made for a good title anyway.
It’s finally getting warm here in Chicago…the longest spring ever (not that I mean to complain, I prefer the cool air to the humid and hot.) So now it’s time to break out a drink that [...]

I’ve held off on publishing this product review to make sure that my initial impressions still held true after real use here in the city. So far we are at 9 months of use. Since they do, here you go!
The search for the perfect stroller included standing in a posh baby store (well, they [...]

When we first got home, from Siberia, with the girls most of our focus was on trying to communicate, figuring out basic parenting and life skills, and getting calories -lots and lots and lots- of calories into the Wee Kahunas.
Once we got past the shock and awwwwww ( as in oh my goodness they [...]

Somewhere in the back of my mind I have been mulling over the idea that any habits I want to have for the rest of my life I ought to have set in by the time I turn 40.
You know, things like flossing every day, getting at least regular exercise, reading a book – a [...]

When we started shopping for the items we’d need to hit the ground running with the “wee kahunas” we worked our way down the long list of things for a nursery…and then it suddenly hit us that we actually needed to be setting up the rest of the house for the tiny people we were [...]

These images are part of an ongoing project to capture the colors of nature. I have this thing about shooting nature in ummm nature. Hand held, natural light, in the wind.
Locations as far flung as my own garden and that of my neighbor (who plants thistles and pink roses) to the botanical garden here [...]

Ok, so we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves here….but at this point we are planning on a combination of montessouri pre-school and homeschool for the girls, at least for the first couple of years if possible.
There are lots of ways to do this, but regardless of the “school of thought” [...]

How do you review a table that despite perfect styling, excellent accesories and the sustainable path of being able to litterly grow with your children has turned out to mostly be a source for tears and the need to run for ice packs?

The Land of Nod work/play table
The Wee Kahunas and I use this table, [...]