A Dessert Themed Week
Sufganiyot, Stained Glass Cookies, Vanilla Panna Cotta Surprise, and houseplants.
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The yelling, oy!
Saving Summer I have been yelling “stop yelling” nonstop lately. It must be the winter hibernation period. We leave the house, but there has been a serious lack of exercise, kid wise at least. They are going nuts! Little wild animals loose in my house […]
The War Zone aka My Home
Saving Summer There is a new phase going on in my home. One I swore would never happen. I was supposed to be the magical unicorn mom whose kids rarely fought. I did everything I could to not let it happen, I fought; I punished, […]
Garden Update #5
Saving Summer Time for a garden update! Well past time, it is mid summer and the garden is in full swing. The 32 tomato plants are all fully grown and beyond, falling over with the weight of green tomatoes. The cucumber plants are climbing and […]
Our 2017 South Dakota Family Vacation
Saving Summer We did it. We took the All-American RV road trip to South Dakota. And it was amazing! One day to get there, two days to get back and and six days in between to enjoy as much as we could of the Blacks […]
Garden Update #4
Saving Summer Our garden is slowly waking up. Everyday there is a little more color, a video would not have done it justice. This photo update shows the true beauty of Spring colors. AND it gave me the opportunity to play with my new lens […]
Our 2017 Seedlings
Saving Summer We have tried a few times in the past to grow from seeds and it has failed. Every time. This year, with the massive size of our garden we agreed it was worth it to try again. Growing from seeds allows you to […]
Garden Update 2017 #3
Saving Summer [wpdevart_youtube]cvoPJoFT_aA[/wpdevart_youtube] This week my amazing and beautiful assistant helped me. She is the new Vanna White! If I let her she would get sucked into the YouTube vortex for days, so she was thrilled to help me make a video. New This […]
Garden Map
Saving Summer As many people do, I LOVE maps. They inspire my sense of adventure and make me want to “conquer it all”. And who doesn’t love finding an awesome map inside a book? I recently read The Orchard House, a memoir about a woman […]
Garden Update #2 2017
Saving Summer [wpdevart_youtube]IpVxzEz1oLM[/wpdevart_youtube] New This Week Grape tunnel. Mini tunnel on raised beds. There is nothing else new going on this week so I cut the tour short. The bulbs that were already up have continued to grow. None of the new bulbs have started […]