I love the big shady trees in my back yard.

The Tripp Trapp chair takes kids from baby to adult--great design!

The figs on the cover look luscious!

I like the subtle elegance of the Streamline collection.

Beef stew is one of my favorite fall/winter dishes. Get it ready in the morning and come home to a wonderful treat.

I love fresh tomato and Mozzerella salad with olive oil and basil. yum!

I'm not a coffee drinker, but I love tea--especially herbal teas--hot or iced.

My favorite recipe? My Mom's chocolate brownies!

My drapes could definitely use some freshening.

I use Simple Green cleaning products

Tomatoes are going great right now, plus beans, melons. Early harvest is the best time! This book is absolutely gorgeous! I love the quilted design cover.

Preparations for back-to-school kept me from making ice cream this month, but there's always next month.

I love to walk the wetlands trail of the Great Plains Nature Center.

I love to work on my back deck under the Mountain Ash trees--so peaceful.

Sounds wierdm, but I want to learn how to make roasted red pepper ice cream.

At "Kathleen's on the Fifth" on top of the Shanghai Art Museum, we had a mango sorbet in a pineapple granita. it was heaven and i would love to learn how to make it.

Is there anything more refreshing than mint chocolate chip?

I want to learn how to make beaded jewelry.

Grilled sea bass--yum!

Because I don't have the greatest iron in the world, I usually only iron my clothes for special occasions. Bet if I owned this iron I would use it much more often. I love crisply pressed clothes.