A few weeks ago my family and I spent a long weekend at the beach near Melbourne, Florida. We rented a lovely beach house right on the sand and got to spend a couple of days as close to the ocean as we could get. There’s really nothing like waking up and being able to […]
Every Christmas, my mother-in-law and her siblings gather to make Tamales Tolimenses, a traditional Colombian food. It takes time. They go to the market to buy fresh chicken, meat and veggies, they clean and prepare the plantain leaves, they grind the cornmeal. They wash and cut until it is time to cook. Then everything is put […]
Since I haven’t shared any photos of my kids in a while, I thought I’d post a few images from our recent trip to Miami Beach. It’s not always easy to take pictures at the beach. Between the sun, sand, water and trying to keep my kids (and camera gear) safe, it’s a challenge to […]
This summer, my family and I took a trip to Wisconsin to visit family. As non-native Floridians, we desperately needed a break from this Miami heat! Oh my gosh, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this heat and humidity. Anyway, Wisconsin weather is great in the summer. With highs in the low to […]
We’ve been doing a fair amount of frog catching here in Wisconsin. Of course, I had to take pictures. At first, my Miami city children weren’t so crazy about the idea of touching something muddy and wiggly, but they came around… well, sort of. Alice likes to catch the tiny toads, they aren’t too slimy […]