Category: The Seattle Times

There’s no substitute for the hours of play supervised by SOMEONE ELSE, but we can create summer camp-inspired fun in the backyard. Lots of ideas in my story in The Seattle Times.   This year especially, I LOVE that we have this amazing back yard. . . . The old baby tub is still very…

Homeschooling, distance learning, virtual schooling, whatever you want to call it, there are 9 days left. Not sure if I’m going to regret this, but I signed up for summer school too.

I finally went in on the Getty challenge. Couldn’t resist, seems like the perfect way to torture my family. Henry Fuseli   Balthasar Denner Edward Hopper Piet Mondrian   Arnold Newman

Flowers from our garden. Gosh I am so indecisive! Which frame is better, the one further out where you can see the edges of the flowers (above), or the tighter one (below)? .

The house smelled SO good while these were cooking. Frozen dumplings from Szechuan Noodle Bowl, $40 for a bag of 50. I meant to eat half, save the other half for later, but… oops.

Hey there, handsome.

The first of this year’s roses, after a rain shower. I do nothing for the rose bushes we inherited, and they keep coming back. #blackthumb They smell so good, but I have to keep an eye on the kids to make sure they don’t get poked. This bush produces enormous roses, bigger than my hand! .…

Happy birthday, Paul! Yup, we have a birthday template: balloons, cake, chalk and party hats.   . . . . .

Been hoarding paper tubes for THIS. Free rainy day fun.