How to bond as a family? Try some conversation starters around an open fire.
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D-I-Y Mushroom Factor, F-Y-I
Every home remodeler and renovator runs into it at some time, the dreaded mushrooming of a simple project into the monster money pit.
My Rural Life
My husband and I bought and started homesteading this place in the mid 1980’s. I had no skills, and plenty of dreams. I never managed to have that flock of sheep I envisioned, but instead raised a flock of children. That became my main crop. We all worked hard. I sure wish we had used […]
A Nice Early Spring Visit To Inniswood
I keep working on trying to make videos of garden subjects. Early spring in the morning meant a quiet visit with no distractions, as my husband and I walked around the garden.
Brand New Post On The New Site
Here we are… the first post in a new season. It inspires me. The first inspiration is to update my garden as well. For years I have renovated, and renovation is always somehow lacking. I want to return to some of the joy that comes from creating something new. My idea is to redo some […]
2014 Too Soon
Lights among the plants Another way to say “Tempus Fugit”, it seems that we simply flew into the new year, with the holidays as almost a passing thought. I don’t think I’ve ever felt that a Christmas season had ever been as attenuated as this one. Few seem to have this view, and many are […]





