When we’re up at the orchard, one of my whole family’s favorite things to do is to go on long walks in the woods. We all love the beauty of nature, and, as far as the kids are concerned, the woods are just about the best playground ever made! On a recent excursion, we collected […]
The land isn’t the only thing blossoming with new life in the summer. My whole life I’ve loved spending as much time near the water as possible (it probably has something to do with growing up near Lake Michigan), and this year we got to take a close look at some ponds. In one pond, […]
As the summer passes, our orchard brims with all kinds of new stages of life- the buds turned to leaves, and now the leaves are joined by some welcome additions: fruit and summer flowers! The blueberry bushes started to ripen… The hydrangeas bloomed… And this is, after all, an orchard, and we’re beginning to see […]
Now that Meredith has a couple teeth, she’s graduated to eating food other than milk- and she sure seems to be enjoying it! We’ll teach her about napkins later!
It’s been an extraordinary year watching our second child, Meredith, begin the journey of life. With every gurgle, burp, and heart-melting smile, she has been a constant source of joy. Prentiss fell completely in love with her little sister right away… It was a big day when Meredith finally took a pacifier… but already, as […]
Hello everyone! I CANNOT believe that August is more than halfway over already… every single year I am so amazed at how fast the summer flies by. I know, I know- I haven’t been that good at keeping up with this blog lately. But my days have been chock full of activity and summer fun. […]
I love the 4th! It’s so nice to think that the entire country- and that’s a LOT of people- is taking some time off to celebrate. This year I went with my family to Coney Island for the day. It was incredibly fun. Coney Island is on the edge of Brooklyn, NY, so it’s right […]
A friend of mine came to me a couple of weeks ago with a classic dilemma: he had a huge crush on a beautiful woman, and he wasn’t quite sure how to tell her. He asked me if he should give her flowers. Well, OF COURSE you should give her flowers, I said! If I […]
Another reason I’ve gotten to spend so much time in Massachusetts is that we’ve been doing a huge photo shoot for Meijer, the grocery-and-everything-else stores in the Midwest. We did 60 recipes and almost 200 photos- it was a lot of work, but we had a great time. That’s Paul Wicheloe in the foreground. He’s […]
Hi everyone! It’s been a little while since I’ve blogged, but I have a good excuse, I swear! I’ve been up at my orchard in Western Massachusetts, enjoying the countryside living, away from the world of all computers all the time. One of the things I’ve been lucky enough to do is go to […]