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  • beekeeping | food | garden | homemaking | phoneography | photography

    Lazy Beekeeping

    Bymichelle November 19, 2013August 2, 2022

    I haven’t been writing very much, but I have potential posts stacking up in my evernotes that need to be set free.  So this one is about our honey harvest…

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  • 50mm | Christianity | family | food | garden | homemaking | parenting | thinking out loud

    We Will Both Thrive

    Bymichelle July 3, 2013August 2, 2022

    Planting my garden this year was a small act of faith.  I didn’t feel like working in it, haven’t felt like it for a couple of years, but so hoped…

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  • 50mm | cheap stuff | food | linkage | new to me | stuff

    Stove Top Espresso the Second Time Around

    Bymichelle January 17, 2012July 27, 2022

    My tastes have changed in the last year.  I crave salt and strong flavor (think goat cheese) over sweets.  Most of the time, I don’t really care about food.  I…

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  • food | linkage | my home

    Cauliflower Soup

    Bymichelle January 13, 2012July 27, 2022

    “Training is everything.  The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” – Mark Twain  Is this not a beautiful natural wonder?  Why am I…

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  • food | new to me | photography

    Braised Brussels Sprouts and Homemade Ricotta

    Bymichelle January 2, 2012July 27, 2022

    I haven’t deviated from my stand-by recipes much lately because we’re busy and soup or burritos is something I can make (and have made) in my sleep.  So over the…

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  • food | homemaking | photography

    …In Between I Drink…

    Bymichelle September 20, 2011July 27, 2022

    … iced coffee. I can’t pour a cup without hearing the lyrics to Black Coffee in my head, only with “iced” inserted for “black.”  iced coffee day 228 I finally…

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  • food | photography

    This is a Recipe Post

    Bymichelle September 14, 2011July 27, 2022

    There are lots of reasons I don’t usually photograph recipes I’ve tried.  For one, thing, I’m not really food driven.  That’s what my sister says about my lab, but it’s…

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  • camping | family | food | thinking out loud

    Coffee Ritual

    Bymichelle September 9, 2011July 27, 2022

    The coffee ritual is strong in my family.   My father has it, I have it, and my sister has it.  And, like every other family, we have our own…

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  • food | garden | photography

    A Little More Garden

    Bymichelle June 1, 2011July 27, 2022

    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…

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  • cheap stuff | food | new to me

    Mother’s Last Days

    Bymichelle May 10, 2011July 27, 2022

    I need to warn you that these images are a departure from the usual plants, cats, shoes, and blur that adorn my blog.  Some might find them disturbing.  I find…

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