Many of you have followed our house building adventure for the past year plus. You’ve heard me mention, ok, complain about the piles of dirt outside our windows. Read here and Here After almost a year of waiting, we realized that our original excavator wasn’t going to be able to come back. I had been telling the…
Category: Gardening
5 Ways to Kick a Bad Mood
Lately, I’ve had to do battle with a sour mood. You know the feeling. Little and big things just aren’t going as well as expected. Discouragement raises its nasty head, doubts take a bite out of your resolve, that technology you need to master eludes your old brain, so many things to be done, but…
Spring Check List
It doesn’t feel like Spring here. Cold rain and wind, freezing nights. But the daffodils are blooming and this week the willows leafed out and the plums blossomed. They apparently don’t pay attention to the rain and cold, they just do what they should do, no matter what. So even though I don’t feel like…
Garden Ideas
Ah, Spring! My thoughts turn to gardening. Here are few garden ideas to start your creative juices flowing. I like the look of sculpture in the garden. Problem: low budget for garden sculpture Here is an image from Restoration Hardware of cement spheres for garden decor….
Sucker for Succulents
Need a pretty centerpiece for Thanksgiving? Need a craft project for tweens? Want to make a guest feel needed? Or do you need a hostess gift? PS Sorry this post is late. My computer died last week and I just got it back. How about crowning a squash with long lasting succulents for a tabletop…
Tomatoes and Sons
My friend is in her 70’s, but her enthusiasm for life is inspiring. She planted 300 tomato plants again this Spring. If the preceding years are any indication, she and her husband will harvest and sell 6,000 pounds of tomatoes from their home on a busy two lane road in rural Oregon. But entrepreneurship isn’t…