Home Making Goodness: Plants and Decorating
Plum Pruning = Spring Indoors! I love to learn new things, especially in the area of home making – like with decorating or organizing. I’ve got three things worth sharing that can make a difference in...
View ArticleLessons from my road trip to rural Oregon.
Rural Oregon Road - along the Blue Mountain Range. I felt like I walked into another world full of sunshine, warmth and simple beauty. I was forced to slow down. I was in a rural Oregon town to visit...
View ArticleShow and Tell: I finished a Bunk Bed, failed a new muffin recipe and...
I had a busy week. Instead of neatly showing off each thing, post by post and laying out the process or delving into the details I found to be most amusing or baffling, I’m trying something new today....
View ArticleLook: We Need Flowers!
When I was a young girl, we were fairly poor. But, my Mom made it a priority to have a fresh bouquet of flowers in the house. They usually weren’t store bought, but were from the garden, or my...
View ArticleSwings And The Goat Farm
One last summer adventure found us in Montana! We got to visit a small Goat Farm, and I felt like we had walked into a Martha Stewart magazine. This family has goats, chickens, and a couple rabbits....
View ArticleDreaming big, and asking for help
When I was 20, my entrepreneurial Uncle Ron took me, and my cousin (his son) to a big business conference in Portland, Oregon. We heard from many leaders and successful business people about what it...
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