September 11, 2010
What Fall Brings
I know that we’ve just broken through the barrier of September – but fall is clearly here in the Northwest. The leaves are changing, harvest is done and it’s time to fertilize, plant winter...
September 9, 2010
Sewing Project – Take Two
Apparently, I’m a person incapable of starting and finishing a project. I perhaps can become a bit distracted by things (Huck – stop chewing on that!!), or I try to many things and spread...
September 7, 2010
Labor Day Weekend Amongst the Bears
This is the second Labor Day weekend in a row that I have been lucky enough to be amongst some truely amazing creatures – Bears. Now, both times, they were groups of ‘tamed’ hand...
August 31, 2010
Love is Shown in Many Ways
This weekend I took Ben out to the farm to meet the goofy, silly, loveable and oh-so adorable animals I have come to love. The best introductions made this weekend were between Ben and...
August 24, 2010
Summer’s Not Over
Summer’s not supposed to be over yet – but apparently the Seattle marine weather has a mind of it’s own and insists we are done. What a jerky weather system. An my tomato plants...
August 21, 2010
The National Lentil Festival
A National Lentil Festival? Seriously? Well, yes!! As odd as a festival to lentils might be, there are probably a whole lots more weird festivals elsewhere…And considering that in 1990, 98% of the entire...
August 20, 2010
Embelishments
Everything is better with flair. Why not add that necklace to that outfit? Why not add some garnish to that dish? Well, the same thing applies to the jam from yesterday. I was at...
August 19, 2010
All for a Good Cause
In three hours, I’ve managed to complete three batches of Blackberry Jam. With the blackberries making their grand debuts, I went to town picking as many as I possible could, at the time not...
August 8, 2010
Some Good Country In Western Washington
This weekend was the Miranda Lambert concert in Seattle. Now I love her music, and she’s got some serious spunk. A real redneck, who loves her guns, her booze, her pink guitar and who...
August 4, 2010
The Art of Making Friends
The art of making friends should be simple one. We begin this process when we are small children, finding common ground with those we wish to befriend – whether that is through sharing of...
August 1, 2010
Abandoned Long Ago
Seemingly abandoned long ago is a weather worn house, sheds, and barns all laying right off Highway 195 outside Steptoe, WA. Each time in the last six years that I’ve driven this road I’ve...
July 30, 2010
The Chrysalis
So with Ben and my two year anniversary this week, we decided it would be great to do a smaller scale celebration, just an over night stay-cation rather than the weeklong adventure that was...
