Line Love.

[No picture here today, for reasons that will soon become apparent.]
I am angling for a clothesline.  I’m ready to pull out all the stops to get one, even against the resistance of my husband, who thinks our yard is too small.  I’m thinking I might even ask for one for my birthday.  Truly.  

[I have [...]

Introducing some new friends.

No.  These are not pics from my garden.  I wish!  I’ve been trying to get peonies to bloom in my yard for a couple years with no luck.  I think they might just be a little to finicky for my laid-back, hey-I-forgot-I-had-to-water-weed-and-prune-you-all attitude, but I’m still trying.  I’ve got a couple plants in different areas [...]

Working lunch.

Not much else to say.  Or rather, time to say it.  Hard at work in the last few weeks of my semester.  Trying though to take some time to feed myself right.  Brain food, and all that.
Might just share a couple fun links though.  This is how I divert myself when I need a little [...]

Super Fab Glam Strawberry Jam

Okay, that is not really what this jam was titled.  Made from Tessa Kiros cookbook, Apples for Jam, it is much more simply titled, “Strawberry Jam,” but then that doesn’t really do it justice.  Because it is fabulous! Super Fabulous, to be exact. The taste is bright and rich, it had some great little tips [...]

Spring is Tops.

I’ve got a stack of fabric from my local shop and a wall of ideas ripped from magazines and catalogs.  On top of that, I stumbled upon this sewing challenge by Made by Rae to get sewing on my spring tops.  She’s calling it Spring Top Week.  

 
Now all I need to find is some [...]

Spring Dinner.

The past few weeks a certain noticeable change has come over our weekly CSA boxes.  Along with the cold weather regulars (turnips, beets, kale, turnips, and more turnips) a few almost forgotten friends have been showing up.  This week our box also included strawberries, leeks, green garlic, and radishes.  Watching the changes in our weekly veggies really [...]

My Pysanky Egg- unabashed love.

This post is basically to show off my little pysanky egg.  My first and only, and therefore my favorite.  My friend Lara has been describing these eggs to me for the past couple years, each time Easter rolled around, and finally I happened by her house with some time when all her supplies were out.  [...]

Quiet house.

Yesterday morning I awoke to a quiet house.  My husband was just leaving for work, and my two children, enjoying a spring break schedule, were snoozing.  The air had a slight chill to it and after pouring a morning cup of tea, I curled up in my reading chair with homework, a magazine,  a couple  [...]

Hurry, Hurry! Curry Dinner

We’re leaving town today for a long Easter weekend visiting relatives, and last night I found myself faced with a semi-empty fridge, and dinner to make.  As we will be out of town, I wanted to use what we had, but looking about I didn’t see much, except pasta.  And that particular dinner choice is [...]

Perfect Porch Time

The warmer weather has me moving in a lot of different directions. Outside in my garden, but also inside, doing a little spring cleaning. I’ve been digging through my kids drawers to make up boxes of giveaways to pass on, and diving into forgotton piles and boxes of papers that I tend to [...]