Collecting the Moments

Back in 2003 I made a playhouse for my (then) two children.  It was huge and lovely and took a ton of time… but heck, I was in the house I w...

Here is our long awaited pantry shelf. My dry goods are a source of pride with me. It is sort of funny that I have a picture of my pantry f...

Our pumpkin houses turned out great! Here is a link to closeups: http://goddesshobbies.blogspot.com/2004/10/pumpkin-houses.html My littl...

These are the pumpkin houses we made for our city this year. What a fun project it was! Alex and Cyan had a blast designing their houses. Cy...

This is the Maringo House kitchen. It is like the best and the worst kitchen ever. The worst because it has always been sort of like cook...

Hannah gave me these as seedlings, and I think they will become a permanent fixture in my garden. I just adore them!

In July, everything starts bursting and growing so quickly! This is the view from in front of Mikes house (the vet) across the street. Our ...

This is the play house. I designed it two years ago, it was built and primed last summer with me, Dan, and Don, then Dad and I added the swi...

Welcome to my Urban garden. Living in the middle of Olympia, just blocks from downtown, I have started growing my own food. This is the only...

Meet Buster: I know this is a horrible picture of me, but I found this squirrel in my wall today! There is a whole family of them living in ...