lots more hiking at starved rock…

last wednesday, we headed out at the crack of 9:00 to start hiking.  luckily, the weather had cooled off quite a bit; it had been in the 80s on monday, but by wednesday it was much cooler. even more luckily, we started by walking down these steps in back of the lodge...

happy friday!

i hope you have fun weekend plans, and if you’re here in spfld, i hope they don’t involve any outdoor activities because it’s supposed to rain a lot.  but of course you never really know about the weather until you’re actually right there in...

good monday morning to you…

it’s that time of year again – it’s a little warmer than usual, we had six big scoops of mulch delivered to our driveway, there’s so much to do outside…that’s how i spent most of my weekend, starting on friday morning.  i’m a...

sunday morning…

and it’s another beautiful, warm sunny day.  yesterday i accomplished many things, and i’m feeling it’s all because it’s so great outside.  nice weather just makes everything better. *never mind about that.*  now it’s early on monday...

good grief.

april 15th, tax day!  except it’s not, luckily.  we did the bulk of the work on the taxes, but they need to be filed, by monday. i’ve been busy, i’ve been gone, i’ve been more busy.  i started writing this post, for example, at about eight in...

lester! plus already april here in illinois….

so many photos, so little time…i realize you might be craving a les paul fix, and i of course have many, many adorable photos of him lying around here on my computer…things have been busy around here, and this morning i’m taking a road trip with my...