Tomorrow is my mom's birthday!  I made her a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.    I added new items to my etsy shop and am off...

We woke up at 4:30am Pacific Time (felt like 1:30am Eastern Time) to watch the sun rise over Crater Lake in Oregon.  It came over the h...

The week after Pascha (Easter for Orthodox Christians) is called Bright Week, so today is Bright Monday.  It's also a very special day b...

"Sword" fighting with giggles as the sun set on Lake Erie.  We're here for a vacation with my parents and all my sister...

Have you noticed the evening fireflies?  Last night, it rained at about 9 pm (it had been about 2 weeks since we had rain, so we were very g...