I stumbled upon my own 2019 Intentions post last week – and realized I was dropping the ball. So with half the year almost behind us, it seemed like a good time to check-in and see how I was doing across the board. I can say with a great degree of confidence, I am failing…
Gardening season is a wonderful thing. It’s the time of year when I’m legit filthy and with limited cares in the world. My mind is a tangle of tomato plant arrangements and drip irrigation plans. I think about whether the peppers would like to be near the dahlia plants and whether it is worth it…
It is incredible how the change to Spring boosts my spirit and makes me so much more active. Instead of watching a 3rd episode of The Office, I grab my garden gloves and weed a little in the front yard before dinner. I find myself just sitting on the front steps thinking about pretty much…
The birds are chirping which means spring is really coming… and it’s amazing. I am the happiest during months when I can pick up sticks in the yard. No lies there. I did that earlier in the week and it was incredibly satisfying. For some people yard work (or any project list) can be overwhelming.…
Man it’s been a long time since I popped in over here. Since October lots of things have happened in the house since then. I hosted Thanksgiving dinner. I put up a bunch of Christmas trees. I took down a bunch of Christmas trees months after Christmas. I shoveled a bunch of snow. Other things…
I think every person on the internet these days is telling us their resolutions…. and also that they don’t believe in resolutions. For the record, I don’t believe in resolutions either. They feel like things we want to do but never get around to – or they are incredibly prescriptive and set you up to…
Ah yes. Another year, another Christmas card. I struggled with this initially. 2018 was a very different year. Yes, every year is different but when I look back on it… nearly every picture in my phone was of house construction. It was almost as though I didn’t go outside at all – unless it was…
I wrote this post originally back in November… but it was stuck in my drafts for quite some time… and now it’s out of my drafts… and that’s a better place for it. Today we said a final farewell to my old faithful Jeep Wrangler. This car has been the only car that I’ve ever…
This post is heavily delayed but I wanted to write it none the less. I think this past summer’s tomato varieties were the best yet. I almost wouldn’t change anything except for the fact that I like trying new varieties too much. I got too busy last year and never wrote a 2017 recap, but…
Yikes – what have I actually been doing? It’s been a month and there are no pictures on the walls, nor shades on the lamps. I’ll tell you what I’ve been doing… yard work. There has been limited progress indoors for several reasons of which one is that I’m not currently employed … and the…
