strawberry rhubarb pie

with the help of my lovely new neighbor erin, we each made a fabulous strawberry rhubarb pie with the giant stalks of rhubarb growing in my yard. when asked to pick 6-7 stalks, i was inspired by their color and had to take some "portraits." the process was fun; from cutting the fruit to rolling out the handmade dough - we enjoyed an already hot evening with the oven on, but it was well worth it as we discovered this morning over pie & coffee.

a weekend in Door County, WI.

here's an array of images from our trip up to door county, wisconsin. my in-laws retired up in sister bay almost 10 years ago now and it's such a treat to visit them. we did lots of hiking, took merritt the 'wonder dog' to the beach and even stumbled upon wild morel mushrooms. they completely freak me out, but dan says they were quite tasty sauted in butter!

spring has sprung!

the sweetest family ever!

yesterday was a good day. it started with a visit to the incredible 

green city market, which happens every wednesday and saturday here in chicago. everything there is organic and locally grown! we met up with some friends who were in town from seattle. i must say they are the sweetest family and have the most adorable lil girls eden + phoebe.

how could you resist a face like that? goodness, me. i will be posting more images of this sweet family to my flickr site, so be sure the check back.

you have to start somewhere

thanks to all the amazing blogs i have discovered over the past year, i have been inspired to start my own. so here it is. thanks for stopping by. be to sure to visit every now and then, like you would an old friend.