I like frogs and toads. I like the sounds they make. I like the way they look when they "talk". I like to find toads in my gard...

 I am counting down the days till a birthday. I have found the months leading up to this event have brought many deep thoughts on life, anal...

I have had a time of trying to find time for everything (mostly daytime sleep), with working my 3rd shift job (which I love !!!). Time is ...

[ love this photo I took of my daughter and a surprising gourd from our garden ] My computer, it seems, is somewhat of a senior c...

It is snowing again today in northern-most Ohio. I love it. I am happy when it snows. I love winter. As long as it is cold there might as w...

Collections... under a sepia tone world map clock. White ironstone pitchers. Thrifted red books with great old covers that feel better than...

Do you ever get incredibly bored with my tiresome theme running through this blog? Time...or lack there of, or the swiftness if time. Here w...

Lately the clock has been my enemy. It ticks much too quickly each day. I need more tick tocks in an hour and in a day to do everything. M...

We have some upcoming fun planned in the good ol' summer heat. Plenty of things to do to make memories that can be called upon, in thos...

I am all for kids being kids on Summer vacation. Swinging up to the clouds, reading under a shade tree, spitting watermelon seeds, covering...

Maybe I should be like this retro Dixie Cup mom in this ad, instead... I do drink out of fancy glass glasses and eat off fancy glass pla...

It won't be long until I hear, "I'm bored. There's nothing to do!" My kids have a few more days of school until freedo...

I am a wife, a mother, an advocate, a helper, a speaker, a friend, a volunteer, a caregiver, and other titles which do not come with a full...

Well, I've done it again. Tucked away all the posts about my daughter that tell of her challenges in life. I sometimes feel like I need ...

Magical, mysterious spiralling stairways and breathtaking sculpture ...Yet another chapter of our trip to the Detroit Institutes of Art (DIA...

I recently took the kids on a road trip, about an hour North, to Detroit. It had been quite a few years since we had been to the DIA, Detroi...