Meet *Moppit. She’s the 5 day old {teeny weeny} baby bunny that spent her final 30 hours – or most of it – nestled in my less-than-ample cleavage. I enjoyed every minute we were able to care for this sweet little baby. We discovered Moppitt and her two siblings when Marley dug up their nest last Saturday. They were probably… Read More
Empty Nest Syndrome {Sad Fern Interview}
Hello sad fern. Howdy. Tell me…why “sad” fern”? {awkward silence}…have you looked at me lately? Ri-ight. Sad. Very sad. Hey now, I was on clearance at SAMS, you know. Cut me some slack. You got it. So…I hear you’ve been busy over the past few weeks. Why yes, I have been. Just a few days after I was purchased, some… Read More
Blog Hopping {Hostess Gift Edition}
Miranda Walker {from Narrating Life} invited me to participate in her blog hop. It’s my first. So I hopped right in. And here we go! The theme is…drum roll, please…hostess gift ideas! Due to my love affair with fresh herbs, I chose a potted fennel plant as my gift {partly because it’s what my big sister just gave me… Read More
I Don’t Like Snakes
Really. I don’t. So, as you can imagine, when this tiny, harmless enormous, ferocious looking thing snuck up on me while weeding the other day, my heart almost stopped. It was like a scene straight out of Anaconda. Only I don’t look like J.Lo in a bikini. Or a wetsuit, for that matter. While pushing a 10 pound, 6 ounce… Read More
Butternut Bliss {in a Bowl}
I’m slightly attached to October. And I must admit, I’m not quite ready to let her go. October spells Autumn in all her kaleidoscopic glory, marital celebration in all it’s annual bliss, jeans ‘n socks in all their hairy-leg-shrouding convenience, and…well, November is just too close to December. And to say I’m not ready for Christmas – despite my utter… Read More
An Upgrade
We are LOVING our new home {that we waited patiently 6 months for} and are most definitely enjoying the gorgeous, colorful, Autumn-infused view from our kitchen/dining room/family room/deck {it’s pretty open plan…you get the idea}. It’s a far cry from our neighbor’s hot tub, which sat a mere 10 feet away from our little kitchen window, which I’m sad to… Read More
Beautiful. Simplicity.
I adore the sweet simplicities of life. The really simple sweetness’s of life. Leaves. Bugs. Oil marks on concrete. Moss. The perfectly baked pizza. You name it…I’ll most likely manage to find some intricate detail that will make me swoon, and then grab my camera. It’s like a disease. But a good one {if that’s possible}. I find the most… Read More
Peter Piper Picked
Peter Piper picked a peck of {vibrantly colored, deliciously home-grown} Peppers And wondered what on earth to do with the lot So he lopped off their tops, disemboweled ‘em and popped them into an oven-proof dish He stuffed them with ground venison, cooked rice & cheese Cooked and served ‘em, coz he does aim to please {attempt at a… Read More
The Tomato Bandit
The shocking discovery was made just a few days ago as my baby sister and I dug potatoes up from our veggie garden. A Tomato Bandit is on the loose. As if Lucy wasn’t terrifying enough, our little tomato plants have even more reason to tremble. Caught red handed {sporting an adorable Star Wars onesie}, the bandit sits, sucking dry… Read More
Zucchini Quiche
While my butternut squash plant forges on in it’s mission of complete garden domination, my zucchini slowly, but faithfully, provides green torpedoes from it’s {relatively} small spot in the garden. And we have big plans for it {that do not happen to involve grandma’s staple zucchini bread recipe, good as it may be. I’m a renegade.} First there were Zucchini… Read More
If You Give a Girl a Garden
If you give a {city} girl a {country} garden, she’s probably going to want to grow some vegetables in it. You’ll buy a slew of veggie seeds, and she’ll want some juicy fruit to go with it. So you’ll buy her a watermelon plant. When the watermelon starts to grow, she’ll start to make big plans for it’s future. Which… Read More
Girl meets Worm
Holy Wahermie, batman. I’ve been enlightened. When my hubby said, “keep your eyes open for tomato worms” last week…I was thinking cute, little and green. I got the green part right. Yeah. I wasn’t ready for this beast. You’ve eaten your last tomato, t-diddy. You now belong to her. Your fate is in our own hands. Too bad you don’t… Read More
