As you have probably noticed, I’ve fallen off the wagon lately when it comes to blogging.
I do have sort of an excuse, though. We had an emergency problem at our rental in Kansas City (the sewer pipe clogged and cracked) so David had to go fix it, and we all piled in the jeep and [...]

Really, I think the best part of the Botanic Gardens is the water. So here are some water pics.
Above: Water patterns to inspire the Monet in us all.

Here lies Pac-Man.

Lily pads rock!

A young frog catching water bugs.

Journey to the Great Waterfall!

All happiness and smiles

…and then you realize you have to make it back [...]

Hey there! Has it really been almost 3 weeks since I posted last? Hmm. Awfully sorry, but I do have a great excuse.

And what is that excuse? Is it the final but fading glorious harvest of my once-orderly-garden-turned-jungle?

No, guess again.

Perhaps the many pots of “soup” that Zia has been laboring over, adding flowers, veggies, stones, [...]

My birthday came this year on the heels of the wildest storm I’ve seen in all my 9 summers in Kansas City! We lost power for less than 24 hours, but many of our neighbors didn’t fare so well, and are only now having their power restored. Somehow, our lilies survived the crazy winds, hailstones, [...]

We spent a day at Deanna Rose Farmstead, along with my friend Ricci and her 3 kids, Shiloah, Moriah, and Noah.

With the help of a cheesy little book, I made my very first balloon animal…a blue dog for Zia! She was so thrilled.

I made 2 new nighties for Zia.  She looks perfect in them, like [...]