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Where do I begin? How about the very first day. I’d actually like to tell you about some things that happened a little sooner than that, but those little gems, I’m gonna save for the book I’m going to write someday. 😉 So here we go. We moved in on a Monday afternoon and after Read More >>
Back when we lived in Washington state, my all time favorite greenhouse/nursery was Watson’s Greenhouse and Nursery in Puyallup, Washington. The place was HUGE, and it had every plant imaginable and was open year round. Annuals, perennials, fruit trees, shrubs, they had it all. I loved going there and sorely missed the place when we Read More >>
When I think about the house where this {the blog} started, all I can picture is the massive garden we had there. But before I get ahead of myself, let’s go back to how we ended up moving to that house. We were living in Puyallup at the time and Chino the Handyman and his Read More >>
While I was looking through our family photos for this series, I was shocked to see so many pictures of my husband painting, gardening, building fences and so on. Because I was like, WHO IS THIS GUY? And then I came across the photos of the first house we built. And I was like, ahhh Read More >>
If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t have bought this house. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good house, in a nice neighborhood and I met The School Teacher who ended up being one of my favorite neighbors of all time {she taught me how to make mashed potatoes properly with sour cream, Read More >>
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