I have a dear new friend. It's my garden journal. Have you ever wondered why you should keep a garden journal or even HOW too keep a garden journal? For years I have been wanting to keep one and I am not quite sure why this particular garden discipline has been so...
I settled in to make my new Poblano Potato Soup and thought... Worn floors under my feet and rustic beams over my head? Is this really happening? I still find myself having "pinch me" moments when I'm in this new...old kitchen. The reverse makeover is coming together...
Allow me to pause from decorating, painting and wandering these halls, still stunned that this is our home... I have an announcement to make... It's Winter in Door County BUT The snow is receding. For now, that is. For someone who hates winter, I'm... adjusting. No...
Woohoo, baby, we are in full fixer upper mode around here! That is, in between the meals and the homeschooling and the oiling and the recipe testing... This vision for the kitchen is coming together and I have to stop myself from saying, "Slowly, but surely." as we...
"The air is full of spices." One of my favourite lines from the 1995 film version of Sense and Sensibility and it rings true in this house these last four days. It's all chopped herbs, cracked pepper and sizzling butter! The electric oven is covered in snow out in the...
Or, at the very least, "Where this Woman Creates" WWC is a fine magazine run by the amazing Jo Packam and once I had the honour of being on the cover of Jo's food based "Where Women Cook" (found here). That was back in the blogging hay-day... but... Forgive my old...
If you missed it, you'll want to go back and get up to snuff because I'd love to share with you now the before photos of this French Farmhouse Makeover and why I rejected this house for TWO years! I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to actually have something to...
Ya'll have been so patient. Merci. It's hard to be a blogger when you go three weeks with no internet service... IN YOUR NEW HOME! That's right! WE DID IT! The last we connected, I was "Longing for Home". And here I am... Unpacking boxes. Nesting. Settling in....
My toes are cold. That's an understatement. Because it's 57 degrees in here with a space heater cranked. It's an insult to injury thing. (I've been struggling with really bad allergies all year and we finally figured out its dust, dirt or something coming up from the...