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I am just so deprivedI am just so deprived

I mentioned that I’m trying to lose weight.  Happily, I’m succeeding.  And you know, I’m doing it by depriving myself by eating stuff like this.

Total and complete deprivation.

Yeah, that was sarcasm, in case you didn’t get it.

From the bottom up:

Corn tortilla 1/3 cup cranberry beans (because that’s what I had [...]

Reluctant sharing

Why is there only one good dog bed in the entire house?

A garden-esque post

This is what happens when you (benignly) ignore strawberry plant for two years.

They become very happy.

See, this is why I subscribe to the “benign neglect” method of gardening.  I do the very barest to keep them alive, and the plants thrive for me.  If I try to do more, I fail.

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A dangerous proposition

Jeff on the roof.

Those of you who know Jeff understand that, although the gutters desperately needed to be cleaned, I wanted to hire someone to do it.

*shudder*

Rainy days

One of the best things about my house is that I have a great place to watch the rain.

And even better, I made it to the library and home before the deluge started.

The relativity of crunchinessThe relativity of crunchiness

I was reviewing our granola factor the other day after we had some visitors.  We had just met these people and we know very little about each other.  They came over to visit the chickens (no one ever comes to see us, not even my mother; she comes to see the dogs) and score some [...]

What home isWhat home is

Home is…

Jeff

Family & memories

The pets

The kitchen

My sewing room

The garden

… home.

What’s home for you?

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What do I do with this?What do I do with this?

This is bok choy. I know what to do with this.

This weekend, I got all sorts of herbs and stuff that I’ve never had before, including lemon verbena, summer and winter savory, chervil, marjoram, Cuban oregano (in honor of you, G.!), sorrel, pineapple sage, and a bunch of other stuff.

See there was [...]