Not all hikes are lovely and other camping thoughts...
July 7, 2008
We're home now after camping 3 nights at Crocker Pond, in the White Mountain National Forest. A rustic and kind of buggy small campground overlooking Crocker Pond and Albany Mountain. A really lovely spot if you've got bug repellent and can boil water for cleaning up. This past weekend was ...
Butterfly Eyes book review
July 5, 2008
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman A gorgeous book of science, poetry and art. We love exploring meadows and we loved this book! If we were a book-buying family (we're library lenders) I'd buy this in a heartbeat. It's everything a good's childrens book should ...
Sew Easy
July 3, 2008
I come from an amazing heritage of industrious homemakers. In addition to raising kids, gardening, cooking, canning, running households, serving family, friends and neighbors these women could sew. Anything. Quilts, clothes, home decor. My grandma made her own lace for pete's sake! My own skills in the sewing department are ...
Garden Report - Tomato Fruit
July 2, 2008
I spied the first cherry tomato fruit yesterday in the garden. Today I pruned and staked the plants using these instructions from Frank Ferrandino. This afternoon we're off to the beach. The garden grows. I pick a few weeds here and there, squish a few bad beetles, but mostly the ...
Happy Canada Day
July 2, 2008
Taking this picture of our backyard red and white berries was the closest I got to observing Canada Day. We moved to the United States 8 years ago this month. The first few years we celebrated Canada Day, special suppers and the like. But these days July 1st means July ...
Trash Report
July 1, 2008
No worries, I won't make this into a weekly feature, like the garden reports. My sis-in-law recently issued a garbage challenge over at her blog InsideOut. Specifically to record how much trash your family generates in one week. I'm all for participating in some good ol' fashioned eco-friendly competition. So, ...
