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Foam-farm-fun

Foam-farm-fun

Cold outside and girls are doing that thing where they wander the house and troll for something new to do. “can we do a project, please” is usually music to my ears, but I’m running low on energy and creative ideas today. Hrmmm, ok let’s see what we have.
The girls first thought they’d make little [...]

Ugh those Uggs

Ugh those Uggs

Living in Chicago with young children means piles of, fairly expensive, boots and shoes for every season. When you multiply that times two Wee Kahunas and add in the reality that the minute you by children’s shoes they start to outgrow them you get the bonus answer of never having what you need and blowing [...]

Playdoh Puzzels

Playdoh Puzzels

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 [...]

Colors of Nature

Colors of Nature

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 [...]

Pantry Check

We're collecting recipes for jar and canning and freezing of fresh produce to help us make it through the next winter. Got a favorite? Send it over and we'll post it along with the ones we try...

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