Yesterday the kids and I meandered down the Merrimack River in Newburyport, Massachusetts, with my mother and her friend on a houseboat-type...

I asked L. to take some photos of the sunflowers in our yard over the weekend. They really are blooming now (thanks to all the chicken poop ...

It has been a rough week on legs at the Almeida homestead, first L. and now Lucy our chicken. Fino discovered the chicken's leg brok...

Yesterday we got together with Nancy, the Dog's Life blogger and her daughters at a playground (one of my kids' favorite places ). ...

The day started off sunny and warm and the kids had a romp through the sprinkler with their friends in our yard. But our plan this aftern...

Fino, being the land-lover that he is, wasn't so keen on the idea of cruising Casco Bay on his friend's new sailboat at first. I jum...

We picked 10 pounds of blueberries yesterday and have plans for another visit to stock our freezer at a u-pick farm in Limerick . At $1.35/p...