As previously mentioned, I’m in MN visiting my family. I decided to take a mini-vacation here (sans Mike) before the garden and horses got into full swing. Seemed that as long as summer really wasn’t going to arrive in Seattle before the end of June I might as well come here and enjoy a bit [...]
I’m in minnesota visiting my family and the weather has been, shall we say, temperamental. It’s like the state wanted to welcome me home.
I’ve got lots of photos to share, but we’re on our way to the Minneapolis farmers market and the to float the minnehaha creek this afternoon.
But, in the meantime, here’s a little [...]
Going to the Beach, Fort Ebey, Whidbey Island
I’m sometimes at a loss as to what to show people when they come to visit. When it’s your youngest brother and his two dogs, it can make the decision even harder. On Monday, Sam and I took the three dogs (Sky, Jake and Marley) out to [...]
I keep thinking that I’m about to get back into the blogging swing, and then there’s yet more work to be done before we settle in for winter. This weekend and the next two should be the last big pushes with the end of canning and hopefully a break in the rain to put the [...]
Have I told you about my cousin Andy who’s serving with the Peace Core in Senegal? No? Well gosh, I really should have!
Andy left for Senegal in 2007 and recently re-signed to stay for a third year as a videographer. He’s done some amazing work in Kedougou in the southeastern corner of Senegal and [...]
My grandfather passed away almost 10 years ago (wow it doesn’t seem that long!) and left behind a legacy that we’re all living in our own way. In cleaning out somewhere last spring my mom found an assortment of squash and melon seeds that he’d saved many years ago. She sent me a few and [...]
I’ll be back posting tonight. In the meantime, the anticipation of my granma’s pecan rolls, currently rising on the counter, is enough to kill me.
Out to dig fence post holes until they’re ready to go in the oven…