cheap stuff | my home | patio
Scratch One Off
Well, I can scratch one thing off of the list: I did treat and paint my patio furniture. (day 151) The set was already neglected when I bought it…
End of Year Party Circuit
When I was in school there were two parties: Christmas and Valentine’s Day. We got candy canes and a homemade envelope full of little paper hearts with Elmer’s glue running…
food | garden | photography
A Little More Garden
I’m really surprised these Tom Thumb peas are growing in this dry heat. Even with a well, soaker hoses, and strategically placed sprinklers everything is struggling. I don’t…
cheap stuff | garden | homemaking | my home | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo
365 Days of Procrastination
Well, it ends here. I’m giving myself until mid July to finish the bigger, space stealing projects I have in various stages of completion. We tend to have too…
The Never Ending Knit
This is it. The Corona Camisol. It’s meant to be loose fitted, but I think the model in the picture is pinning all the loose swaths of stockinette back with…
The Girl
You saw my favorite boy. Here’s my favorite girl who is barely a girl at all. But I can still see it. (after the show, day 135) I really love…
The Boy
Here’s my favorite boy who won’t be a boy for long. (summer boy, day 133) (mastermind, day 143) He’s making the most of it and I try to help….
Homegrown Tomatoes
They adorn kitchen windowsills across the country. My favorite summer decoration. (homegrown tomatoes, day 137)
Produce
That’s an order. I wish it were that easy. Don’t get me wrong, considering the dry spring we’re having, this is the best I’ve ever done in my “little garden…
bicycle | cheap stuff | diy | linkage | music | new to me | photography
How Very Collegiate of ME
Remember me writing about the Schwinn Collegiate bicycles I got for myself and my daughter here and here? How I was going to try to learn how to tune up a…