Crafty Wonderland
Hey readers, If you’re in the Portland area, stop by Crafty Wonderland on Sunday the 12th and say hi! I’ll be selling things from my shop along with 39 other fabulous crafty people and there’ll be a...
View ArticleMmmm . . . Apples
We went to the Apple Celebration at the Portland Nursery last weekend and and tasted over 60 kinds of apples and pears! Luckily we got a paper to write notes on and we learned a lot about apples. We...
View ArticleDia de los Muertos- Portland Style
Mike and I didn’t really get into Halloween this year. Oh sure, we dressed sesame up as a batbaby and went to the Kennedy School where she got some candy and we got beer and then ate her candy.’ We...
View ArticleHandmade Gifts Rock!
Our tree has been down for a while, the decorations dismantled and the 12 days of Christmas ended yesterday so why am I still blogging about it?’ Well, I got some fabulous handmade gifts and want to...
View ArticleEaster Adventures
12 hours in the car with a toddler isn’t so bad. Maybe it’s just my amazing trooper of a kid but I’m tempted to even’ say that the drive from Portland to the Bay Area was fun. I realize that sounds...
View Article1 Reason to Not Hate Redding, CA
Okay, so maybe hate is too strong of a word for a city that I have only passed through on road trips but let me tell you a few things about it. -It’s hot, really hot. Most of my drives through Redding...
View ArticleI’m back . . .
. . . and do I have a lot to share. I certainly didn’t intend to have such a long blogging hiatus but it happened anyway. It started with my summer from hell. Soon after the lovely birthday party,...
View Article12 hours in the making
It took 12 hours to get here. 14 if you count the hours before sunrise Mike spent straightening the house and getting things in order so the housesitter doesn’t have to deal with our dirty dishes and...
View ArticleThe Forest Awakens
I work in a forest and the view from my office window is like looking out of a tree house. It sounds great, and usually is, but lately I’ve been staring at my computer all day and have hardly even...
View ArticleSnow Day and a Valentine’s Project
The polar vortex finally swirled it’s way up to the Pacific Northwest and with several inches of snow Portland sort of shut down on Thursday afternoon, because the city doesn’t use salt on the roads...
View Article