Since we're already under several inches of snow, with more to come this week, fall/winter gardening is pretty much not happening, even ...

The first time we went to the Pasco Flea Market in the Tri Cities was last July, on our way back from a biking vacation. We ended up touring...

Wow! I can't believe it's been over two years since I've posted here, but I guess it shouldn't surprise anyone too much. I...

So much extra space on my double lot! I moved us out to Roslyn last year for a variety of reasons, the biggest one was to be more self-s...

Don't just sit there like a bump on a log,  Mark Twain, 1863  I mentioned in a previous post, Going Zero Waste , that, since moving to ...

Hank's guitars standing watch Last year we didn't celebrate any holidays after my late husband passed away. It was just too di...

Now that I'm getting settled into my new neighborhood, I've taken on a few challenges to not only connect with my community but to g...

Apple snack! A lot of what I try to incorporate into my life can be described as "seasonal living" and by that I mean that I t...

In Part 1  of my posts on natural flooring, I discussed what we unearthed underneath the carpeting on the main level of my new house. Glorio...

Drilling the stumps When I moved into my new house, there was an intimidatingly large " sticker bush " on the second lot again...

Butter, flour and parchment! Tomorrow is my daughter's second birthday without her father. It also happens to be her 16th birthday. ...

Garbage. I'm going to be talking about this a lot, so bear with me. When I was living in Seattle we could seemingly recycle and compost ...

Original carpeting When I bought my new house in Roslyn, all three bedrooms had carpeting in them. The two downstairs rooms had older ca...

Pic courtesy of 2CookinMamas I have two huge apple trees on my new property here in Roslyn, WA. One that bears sweet, eating apples and ...

My cars are old. Decrepit even, by today's standards. I'm still driving around in my 2002 Honda CRV that has just a hair under 70,00...