Planetary Verbosity

After blogging for 6 years, I’ve finally won an award! Major thanks to City Mouse for presenting me with the Arte Y Pico award! City Mouse is currently on the same journey as we are – commuting to a fixer-upper homestead. I love reading his blog, following his adventures, and sharing ours with him! Here [...]

My wonderful husband and partner in the homesteading journey is starting another year in his life today. Happy birthday, Dave…I love you!

Well, it seems like we’ve completely skipped spring in this part of the country. Just a few weeks ago, we were still running the heat and wearing jackets to work. Over the past week, the top news story was a record-setting heat wave. We didn’t even think twice about turning on the air conditioning, while [...]

Since I posted my previous entry, I went to Gander Mountain and tried on the two (only two?!) styles of low-top hiking shoes for women. Oddly enough, I found that I had to go a full size larger for Merrell and Keen. (The clearance Hi-Tecs I bought at Super Shoes last week were a half-size [...]

Owwww…my aching feet! I figured I’d post a non-homestead entry for once, even though I’m looking forward to sharing all of this weekend’s discoveries from the ‘stead – including a snowberry clearwing moth, cedar waxwings, and even a yellow-billed cuckoo. One of the biggest issues in my life right now is shoes. I can’t seem [...]