Archive for March, 2009

plantin’ time

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Whew! After nearly 3 weeks of a blogger’s hiatus, I’m back. With all that’s happened in the past weeks, I’m not even sure where to begin. First things first, I think. On March 17, in a truly green St. Patty’s day celebration, we planted our garden. Potatoes, of course, for the Irish. And then spinach, lettuce, kale, […]



st. louie part III: meet me at the zoo

Posted on March 12th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

The St. Louis Zoo is, in my humble opinion, one of the nation’s best zoos. Apparently, it’s more than one girl’s opinion. Wikipedia says about the St. Lou Zoo, “It is recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education.” And, in my humble opinion, it’s also just a very fun place. […]



st. louie part II: cabin in the woods

Posted on March 11th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

  Here’s the sweet little cabin we camped out in this weekend while in St. Louis. Pretend that chain-link fence and those other telltale signs of civilization aren’t there.       Here are the corner windows and shelves. Picture-perfect and very cute.       Here’s the biggest bed, where the three of us slept. […]



old st. louie on the mighty misterslippi

Posted on March 10th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on old st. louie on the mighty misterslippi

  The streets were fairly deserted Saturday evening when we pulled into St. Louis- a strange but welcome sight for a weekend night on the riverfront. St. Louis is one of our favorite “get-out-of-Kansas City” places to go: it’s close enough to hop in the car and drive there without too much ado (3 1/2 hours), but far enough to be […]

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what happens when dadda gives baths

Posted on March 5th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

  Hmm…she turns into a soft, sweet-smelling, robed-and-crowned pink princess!           But at second glance, perhaps she’s not quite as sweet and innocent as she appears to be…            What does she have up her little pink sleeve now?           Ah, there, it […]