When I was a little girl, living on 2 acres outside of town, my dad and mom would grow several raised beds of veggies from lettuce to corn to potatoes to my favorite: cherry tomatoes (which I would eat by the handful after plucking them right off the vine). When I moved into an apartment, … Continue reading »
The concrete truck showed up at 9 AM, just after Phil and Linda pulled in. Kevin made sure the concrete buggy still ran, sat his tools out, Then quietly waited for the roar of the truck coming down our residential street. For the next hour, buggy load after buggy load was hauled up the front … Continue reading »
With building a new woodshop in our backyard, we thought landscaping would smooth the rough edges. We found ourselves pouring over perennials, bushes, and trees a large excel spreadsheet to document the dimensions, sunlight, soil preference, and maintenance and a mini encyclopedia reference to urls and images. Still we were left pondering placement and priority. … Continue reading »
This time last year, we still had several feet of snow and only ventured outdoors in a heavy coat and gloves. This weekend, you would have found me soaking up the sun and spying on my peonies and hydrangea poking out of the ground, putting two wheels of rubber to pavement, or walking through downtown … Continue reading »
550 total miles, a quarter of the way to San Francisco, instead, that is round trip to our destination just Northwest of Madison, Wisconsin. Crossing the Mississippi, through the military forts, passing stained red cranberry fields and buzzing by the Dells waterparks. 75 degrees outside in March with the sun beating down, sandwiches and sodas … Continue reading »
The Lind Woodshop has been an idea since our house was purchased nearly 5 years ago, some homes were turned down with no potential others, heightened though other parts of the house crumbled. Our house’s big back yard was deemed acceptable, and finally this weekend a stake was placed into the ground and the first … Continue reading »
