
The lazy lady’s guide to cutting a watermelon
If you are new here, you may not realize how freaking lazy I am. I do a ton of stuff around the house, and make homemade (insert random food item here), but man oh...
If you are new here, you may not realize how freaking lazy I am. I do a ton of stuff around the house, and make homemade (insert random food item here), but man oh...
:Subtitle: Why it never hurts to ask. Last week, the lad and I were scavenging picking blackberries in the neighborhood. After filling a 10 pound bucket, we set off for home. As we turned...
The PNW finally got some heat this weekend. In the process of 48 hours, my pumpkin plant grew 6 inches. SIX!!!!! I finally had to water the plants, and I harvested my first cucumber. ...
I took these photos about two weeks ago, so some things are a bit bigger now. Sadly, not a lot bigger thanks to our craptastic summer. Shall we? Kale (that has been growing since...
Our non-existent summer continues here in Seattle. It’s been gray and gloomy this weekend until late afternoon hits, and then the sun decides to come out. The garden is not loving this routine. Last...
When I was a little girl first learning how to write/spell, I left my parents and sister about 1,000 notes per day that said something along the lines of “I love you mom (dad,...
I was off of work all week for the past week, and boy howdy, it was heaven! We went to Ocean Shores and stayed for a few nights at my in-laws beach house, we...
We finally had a bit of heat this week, and I swear my garden has grown a foot in the last few days. The sad thing is, that means everything is just 1 foot...
I had a 5 minute texting conversation with my mother-in-law about garlic scapes. Me: Yo, do you want any garlic scapes? Her: What are garlic scrapes? Me: Garlic scapes are curly parts of garlic...
Good morning, and Happy Fourth of July weekend! If you’re the kind of person who buys their fireworks early, and shoots them off for the next week as soon as the sun goes down,...
I’m not the queen of king quilts, but I couldn’t pass up that title. Remember the small quilt that I made for Jack a while back? With a small toddler sized quilt done, I...
I need to start by saying I recovered these chairs like seven months ago, but forgot I took photos of it until I was rummaging around in iphoto. So that is why there are...