Winter reaching

That was a wacky couple of days there…fifty degrees and pouring down rain followed by four degrees overnight and winds so fierce it sounded like a train running into the house. All morning, Lila and I admired the sun shining through the frost on the living room window. Then I had to go into the [...]

Victory Garden Drive and how to lose a week in the blink of an eye

So, happy Tuesday! The past five days have been a bit of a blur so I’ll just recap in bullets: • Thursday Tyler=strep, missed four midterm exams. • Thursday evening, Lila fever of 106. Trip to urgent care. Strep, double ear infection. • Friday worked at home, both kids home sick. Ty stayed in his [...]

On the path to freedom from the big box grocery store

I finally moved about 2000 digital photos out of my iPhoto and onto a couple of CDs last night. I edited out the many, many duplicate shots of food and plants and in the process took a wonderful trip down the memory lane of this past growing season. Such a treat remembering the many ways [...]

Winter salad garden sprouting frenzy

Well, I took down all of the Christmas decorations last week, but the tree is still hanging out in the living room, and apparently doing quite well. So well, in fact, that it has its very own little salad garden sprouting on top of the root ball. I wonder if they’re edible. Bookmark It

I see a red wall and I want another coat

I managed to get the photos loaded into iPhoto, and cropped the giant flash flare out of this. It’s only one coat so not very smooth yet, but you can get the idea. Don’t you love the crap brown carpet? It’s staying around until Lila’s a little older because it hides everything, which is not [...]

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