A view of my feet at the park on a walk. There are just a few, but the signs of fall are starting to show. Maybe some of the leaves are changing color because it was so dang hot for so long and they are dying but I would prefer to think that fall is [...]
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signs of fall
Posted in Portland OR, garden, nature, pregnancy, vermiculture, tagged worms, vermiculture, fall, belly, leaf, container garden, changing seasons, verm on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
melting
Posted in Portland OR, garden, home, random daily things, tagged aluminum, compost, grow, ice cubes, Joe Wirtheim, organic, Portland, posters, propaganda, trays, Vicotry Gardens of Tomorrow on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to take a nice photo of our new aluminum ice cube trays that we got at a garage sale this summer, but it’s hot and I would rather drink the ice cold water and sit her by the open window. But the ice cube trays are great. We got two trays for [...]
Thank goodness for snow days
Posted in Portland OR, food, handmade, knitting, nature, sewing, travel, tagged cards, Christmas, cross country skiing, fingerless mitts, gifts, handmade, Knitpicks, plein air, pumpkin butter, reusable, snow, swish dk, yarn on December 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(left) Our street on the second day of snow in Portland. It was mostly ice by then on the street, and was latter covered with more and more snow after we left town. (right) Me attempting to cross country ski in the park in Spokane last Saturday. The best part was making tracks in deep [...]
crafty white winter wonderland
Posted in Portland OR, handmade, tagged baby, Crafty Wonderland, goodie bag, handmade, snow, snow day on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was the Crafty Wonderland’s Super Colossal Holiday Sale. I had been planning on going early and waiting in line to be one of the first 200 shoppers (so that I could get a goodie bag full of…well, goodies). Then our friend, and Crafty Wonderland vendor, Nate and his wife had a little baby [...]
Handmade NW
Posted in Portland OR, handmade, tagged craft festival, Handmade NW, Portland on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Tis the season for handmade craft festivals! The best part of this one (this Sunday) is that all of the vendors wear formal attire. If I was bold I would go in formal wear too. Lars and I thought that it would be fun to go dressed up and bring a butler (?), so that [...]



