Allen got me a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine for our anniversary and yesterday I finally felt confident enough, and had enough time, ...

Those may just look like random trash bags to you, but to me they look like a job well done. Yesterday, the kids and I spent sever...

Usually creepy crawly things don't really bother me. Often I pick them up and investigate them, but there was something about this b...

So glad I dove, head first, into yard work last weekend.  It looks like we may end up with five to eight inches of ...

Back in 2012 I dreamed of painting my laundry room a lovely shade of blue.  Specifically, Grand Hotel Mackinac Blue . (Yup - it...

Several tourists giggled and pointed as I pushed my packages and milk up Fort Hill after school today. (How else was I supposed to get i...

We had a visitor yesterday. He left the perfect pumpkin in our front yard. It's beautiful; huge, round and the most perfect shade of...

On my way to school this morning my pant leg got caught in my bike chain; like pulled in between the chain and the guard. Sigh.  Any...

We came into school on Friday morning to find this little guy hopping down the hallway. He probably thinks the Three Rs are r eading, w ...

Last spring, with the help of a poet, the Island kids wrote Mackinac-inspired poetry. Next, artists came to school to work with...

A couple of people have asked me how I made the proton pack I wore for Halloween a couple of years ago. I don't have pictures of t...

It hit me the other day that I never really posted about the solar eclipse last summer. My super fantastic husband arranged fo...

Things have been quiet around our house this week ever since my daughter got her tonsils and her adenoids removed. She's been a ...

The Ashtabula had a little trouble yesterday as she made her way past the Island.  It was super windy and apparently the wind and waves...

My students love this video and have been having trouble finding it to watch. I hope posting it here will make it easy for them to find. ...

Henry the Pony, a resident of  The Little Barn , stopped by the Mackinac Island School yesterday to help us celebrate the first day of sc...

A couple of weekends ago we took a quick trip up to Trout Lake. The Birch Lodge and Motel was the perfect spot to spend a q...

I have been having so much fun with "The Girls" lately. Their antics just make me giggle. At about 6:45 this morning th...

I'm always amazed when I find snails in high places. I think about just how far that climb must been for that little snail; I mea...

The raspberries just seem to keep coming. I'm surprised because it has been so dry this summer.  Each time I've left the ra...