Birthday Hat
The Man of the House had a birthday last week. We took a trip to Byrnie Utz Hats in Seattle to get his birthday present. Doesn’t he look handsome?
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This is a recipe I adapted from the I Hate to Cook Almanack by Peg Bracken. Her cookbooks are no longer in print. If you see one at a used bookstore POUNCE on it! Her recipes are good and she … Continue reading →
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Take a look at the wheelbarrow. One of the handles broke off AGES ago. The Man of the House has been using it, but as you can imagine it hasn’t been a very satisfactory experience. TMOTH spotted this little beauty at Costco. … Continue reading →
Wine
Today we bottled wine. This particular batch was made from frozen grape juice. Yep, the wine is made from juice that you’d ordinarily buy to have at breakfast. The Man of the House makes the wine and you can see … Continue reading →
Rude Awakening
First a small explanation about the mobile orchard/vineyard – we’re growing things in pots so that we can take our trees and vines with us when we move to a place with more elbowroom. Some of the plants are three … Continue reading →
Pretty in Pink
Spring is in the air and the rhododendrons are in bloom!
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The other day The Man of the House got a dreamy look in his eye and said, “One day I’d like to own everything in the Raintree catalog.” We took a step closer to that goal last week when we got … Continue reading →
Spring Photos – 2007
I dodged the raindrops this weekend to get photographic evidence that spring really IS on its way!
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I just read an interesting article in the New York Times about a couple who are involved in a year-long experiment. For an entire year the couple, along with their two-year-old daughter, will endeavor to live a no impact lifestyle. … Continue reading →
Other Interesting Blogs
I added a few more links to other interesting blogs. (The links are on the left of the page.) I hope you enjoy them!
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