lorilea – fresh perspective

Everyday Posted on: 19 July, 2024

Summer in Michigan

Testing

Everyday Posted on: 5 August, 20225 August, 2022

Downtown

We don’t go downtown often enough. Grand Rapids really is a great city. During 20+ years of living here, we’ve seen so much transformation.

Everyday Posted on: 6 January, 20165 August, 2022

Baking + a new cat (yes, another one)

I have not, of course, been baking non-stop since September, when I last updated. I’ve had a few baking experiences and then came the holidays when baking went all out for a bit. Like with these little guys that we made last year, sans the outlines this time around. And […]

Everyday Posted on: 23 September, 2015

Cluck, cluck

Also titled “What I did with my Monday lunch break.” New school. New adventures. New parent-volunteer responsibilities. Enter chicken adoption. The goal? Sit in a circle with nine other kids. Wait for teacher and parents (like me*) to place ruffled-feathered (literally!) chickens in the center. Recite a poem or sing […]

Everyday / Friends & Family / In the garden Posted on: 16 August, 2015

A week in review

Let’s go backward in time, shall we? Today. This afternoon. I made this scrumptious smoothie. Peach-nectarine bliss. Sounds like a good name for it, right? I haven’t made enough smoothies this summer. Seems like a goal for the next few weeks. Perhaps I’ll have some more tasty photos to share. […]

Food & Drink Posted on: 13 July, 2015

Tart

My neighbor has a cherry tree. But she doesn’t like cherries. What does that mean? Neighborhood cherry picking! With the help of the kiddos, we bagged (or colander-ed) ourselves quite a lot of cherries. And as I stood there with the 8-plus cups of cherries, I had a moment of […]

Food & Drink / In the garden Posted on: 1 June, 20151 June, 2015

What’s my theme?

I was looking through my Instagram stream the other day and it’s apparent that I have three go-to subjects when it comes toÂ photos. 1. Cats! Everywhere. (I love dogs. Yes, I do. But J doesn’t really appreciate the camera. So fewer of her.) 2. Foliage. It’s that time of year, […]

Everyday Posted on: 14 May, 2015

Random photos of spring

Uncategorized Posted on: 28 April, 201528 April, 2015

Escape artist

I unwittinglyÂ created a habit when we first got the new feline. In trying to get him comfortable with the formidable Nick Furry â€“ well, actually, the other way around â€“ I gave Loki and Nick treats one morning. They were both very pleased, of course. And the next morning? They […]

Uncategorized Posted on: 31 March, 2015

Eggcellent!

Yeah, I’m that kind of dork. My son is actually thinking of calling this science fair experiment the Eggcellent Egg Drop. So it runs in the family. Lesson learned: let him choose one that’s messy and gooey and the child will complete the experiment, and his observations, in record time! […]

Food & Drink Posted on: 18 March, 201518 March, 2015

Meatloaf and (not) mashed potatoes

Let’s start with the fact that any cooking project I embark upon is neverÂ a solo venture. There is always at least one furry friend about. If not all of them! Loki plopped himself in the midst of the action. Inconveniently. But I had a bit of time to be in […]

Uncategorized Posted on: 5 March, 2015

Cats on my desk

One of my favorite photos I ever took was when my cat Maggie, who just walked into the office and is heading for my desk as I type, was hanging out on my desk while I was trying to work. It seems to be cat thing. I caught Nick […]