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Mud Room Update
This little sink served us well for 3 years. It kept us within our tight budget while building. Since the kitchen addition and new tile floors, we decided it was time to update our laundry/mud room....
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California
Bass Lake Yosemite Sequoia La Brea Tar Pits Laguna BeachOh the beauties of this land! The vistas of Yosemite and the giant sequoias command such reverence. Our first time visiting both national...
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Fencing
Slow going as spare time is hard to come by these days. We've made a little progress and as the days grow longer, the work will move quicker. Looking forward to all the new possibilities this fence...
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starting seeds with a warming mat
The kitchen counters are lined with seed trays. Our under cabinet lighting works perfectly for starting seeds. Why has it taken me 3 years to figure this out? I'm also using a seed mat for the first...
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Apricot Blossoms & Ice
Growing up out west, apples, peaches and apricots were a childhood staple for my hubby. Their family canned boxes of mountain fruit year after year. Living there as newly weds, neighbors would beg...
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Busy Bees
The hives are buzzing and so are we. We are picking up our pace with the warm sunshine. Only the top barbwire strand remains to finish our 1,350 feet of newly installed fence.Happy Spring! May it be a...
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toys conquered
A universal battle. Upstairs toys invading downstairs space. I've been looking forward to rearranging this space since my new flokati rug was delivered. But a sick toddler brought my week to a halt....
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Bridge Building
A new boundary, clearly delineating our charge. What order a fence brings. Now we venture to the edges of our property more often. Daily. The baby is fussy? Time to patrol the fence lines. Any...
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Propagating Honeysuckle
On a honeysuckle hunt today. The smell of honeysuckle still stops me in my tracks. You know when they are in bloom, as the scent travels quite far. How I loved the delicate flowers and that tiny...
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Taking a Breath
There is a certain kind of gratitude that comes after a soaking rainstorm. This sky greeted us as we headed out the front door, waving goodbye and closing a family gathering. I haven't known whether...
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Wild Blackberries
We've been walking the road for weeks, anxiously keeping watch on those blackberry patches. Field berries always ripen a few weeks before our Kiowa variety in the garden. I love foraging....
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Curb Appeal
"A place for every plant but not a plant for every place." Wise words from my local nursery.It was time to give the flower beds a face lift. The hawthorn bushes I choose (4 years ago) on a whim were...
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Summer Rain
I will never take rain for granted since experiencing drought a few years ago. With each storm, I find myself whispering thoughts of gratitude heavenward. This day, we put an old mattress to good...
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Let Freedom Ring
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams
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Fresh Tomatoes & Pizza Sauce
The tomatoes are pouring in and this *pizza sauce took a really good homemade pizza and made it exceptional. I didn't add anything else but mozzarella and parmesan cheese so the tomatoes were front...
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Cinnamon Pear Scones & the Lake District
It's summer, so Friday feels like the weekend and reason enough for a festive, out of the ordinary breakfast. Since our visit to England and Scotland, I have an increased affinity for scones. So much...
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the Mantle
When arranging the mantle, I still felt like too much wall space was left staring back at me. See below... I wanted to warm up the space and an antique barn door kept coming to mind. So I went...
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Muscadine Season
Both the wild and garden muscadines were prolific this year. They were enjoyed all the same, but wishing I would've found Local Milk's recipe sooner. We'll have to wait until next year.
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