a slice of life
a slice of life
Early this spring, hubby and I were standing on the deck and thought how nice it would be to have somewhere to sit, besides the deck steps. We do have chairs that we could set out, but they’re not the type to stand up well to being out in the weather all the time. I …
Yesterday morning, just as I stepped out on the back deck, I spotted our first hummingbird of the season. I didn’t have anything resembling a camera on me, so the picture here is actually one from an earlier year. The two feeders in use this year hand on the corner of the deck, where I …
Is suburban homesteading really possible? When you think of homesteading, what comes to mind? Do you picture large properties and numerous types of livestock? Is that the only way to be a homesteader? Technically, a homestead is simply a family’s house and the land on which it sits. By that standard, a suburban homestead is …
The very first project we undertook was to add a woodstove in the downstairs family room. In our case, it was an old Lopi stove that had been rescued from a friend’s garage. It dates back to the early 1980’s, so it’s a lot less picky about the quality of the wood burned. The first …