We just got a new homestead addition
A week ago, my darned back went out. I'm not sure why but think it may have happened when I carried a hose and sprinkler from the Wolf Garden to the Main Garden on...
August is here and harvesting has begun in earnest
On Friday, I cut all the broccoli that was ready, blanched it, and quickly strained it out of the hot water and dumped it into ice water. After draining well, I packed it into...
Wow, is the garden ever growing
It's amazing how fast everything is maturing. Tonight, I've got to pick several Umpqua broccoli heads, which I'll cut up and freeze. (I have lots of dehydrated broccoli on hand already.) It's so sweet...
Not big movie-goers, we just saw the best movie of our lives
Will and I had been intending on seeing the new Tom Cruise movie, Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning at our local small-town theater. But we got busy until yesterday, the day we thought was...
With our guest back home, we’re playing catch-up
Of course, when you have company of any kind, everything switches mode from "normal" to "guest." And, when my daughter Monique, arrived, that's just what happened. I drove her all over our wonderful northland,...