Category: Home and garden

Just for the joy of it. Our yard produces the most abundant and sweetly satisfying things– even when we neglect it for long periods of time (thank god).

I’m totally into edible flowers.  Mostly because I love color and beautiful things, and I love the idea of my food incorporating that beauty. Pansies, nasturtium, and rose

By some stroke of magic this year my son did not notice that our strawberries were ripe until his last day of pre-school.  On the way home we

  If you follow my blog you know that I’m not a cook.  I should clarify.  I cook for my family pretty much EVERY day, except on the weekends,

It was actually the first time I had ever used it! I mean not a lawn mower in general—but ours. Likely it’s like this in your house too,

I’m a hot chocolate connoisseur.  Sometimes I think hot chocolate will probably be mentioned at my funeral that’s how much I love it, drink it, and am associated

This is how I start every meal– well, the meals that require oil in a pan. This is how I started last night’s stir fry meal– but not

I’ve always had this dream of having seasonal artwork. Well at least since I was in my 20’s. The idea was that I would change the art on

It was my dad who gave me the idea actually.  (The same dad whose quirks I mentioned here.)  Chicken pot pie soup.  In a crock pot.  Oh my

Here are a few pics of some of my flower friends. Despite infrequent watering (by me) this summer, blooms still seem to be happening. I was feeling the