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Green Garlic

Green Spring Garlic anyone? Otherwise known as my least favorite garden task…thinning. This is from one of three patches. Our garlic WILL GROW BIG AND STRONG THIS YEAR….

Meat(less) Raffle

#UnderwhelmingFundraiserSummer Meat Raffle. Methinks we were the only group that did not win any meat. In fact did not win ANYTHING really, despite spending enough to win *something*…

Graduation Day!

Congratulations Matt! HWMMS Godson #2!

Achoo!

Hammock interruptus. I might look like a cozy cocoon but something about this wool blanket I grabbed from the top shelf of the closet made me itch. Arms,…

Content

I could be content here forever. Home from work. Watched Giant Puppy dig a bunker sized hole in her field and retrieve six rocks. Admired gorgeous blue heron…

Dandelions!

Hours and hours and hours of glorious peaceful sunshine time plucking… 16 cups of dandelion petals. And greens. And a few roots.  I And WINE – well in…

MARJORAM

Medicinal Herb Garden. Looking GOOD. These are all perennials! (Finally, some success!) That wee patch I circled is MARJORAM. And I separated it and ended up with about…

Pancakes

I’m questioning my Springville existence. I saw ONE person I knew at the auxiliary pancake breakfast this morning. One.

Dirt

Last night when HWMMS came home from work I went to hug him and he paused… “What?” “You’re covered with dirt, I love it.” “But you hate dirty…

Happy 10th Anniversary to The Foundry!

A place of possibility… Incredibly thankful Megan took a chance on me five years ago…it’s been magical being a part of The Foundry family. ONWARD to the next 10 years!…

Porch Coffee – April 2023

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Books Read – April 2023

15 Books for April! 59 books so far in 2023. 2023 Reading Challenge I started a reread of the Little House series. Reread Persuasion by Jane Austen. Discovered…

All Things MEATBALL

I made a new friend this weekend – say hello to MEATBALL! Meatball visits Hulbert Library and enjoys people reading to him. OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG love. So much love.

All Things Earth Day Day

Green Springville hosted Earth Day (Day) this Saturday at the Moose Lodge. It was a brisk April day. We just missed the rain… The horse carriage ride was…

All Things Early Morning

Porch Coffee Day 111. I was up at 4:44 and couldn’t fall back asleep so…I got out of bed, brewed some Love Buzz, baked a tater tot casserole,…

All Things Drunken Solar Gnomes?

I had to take this photo. Go home gnomies, you are DRUNK.

All Things Crown of Thorns

I PROPAGATED THESE STUNNING CROWN OF THORN PLANTS! A gift from Cat and her mom from a few years ago…the original Crowny plant is over 3 feet tall…

All Things Dual Hammock Time!

Dual Hammock time! HWMMS added another setup on the porch. Currently waiting for the thunderstorm to roll through while listening to the VERY LOUD PEEPERS and bullfrogs and…

All Things Banana Plants

And glimpses of ginger…

All Things Medcinal Herb Garden

Another garden plot weeded. So glad to see some of the medicinals *finally* taking hold! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!   Lemon Balm, Lovage, Meadowsweet, Comfrey, Arnica, Pennyroyal, Cleavers, Yarrow, St. John…

All Things Oopsy

Oops, my brain was not working at 7 am…forgot to take porch coffee photo before heading to work. And my brain was not working at 6pm… forgot to…

All Things Radishes & Greens

I know it’s probably silly, but indoor container gardening success makes me happy. I need to do much more of this in the off season, you know, 6…

All Things Compression Gloves

Jenny’s first compression gloves! (and 2nd and 3rd…) I’ve had a few pairs of these gloves sitting in an shopping cart since participating in the online Arthritis Life…

All Things Seeds & Plants

I finally organized the seeds. There are about 20? bigger boxes and 50? smaller boxes and at least 20 packages of peppers and tomatoes. And (not shown) maybe…

All Things Easter Dinner

Yummy dinner with good friends. And an up-close photo of the cabbage strudel I made. Looks like something straight out of the 70s! Tomorrow – HAM! (And if…

All Things Sunshine

Giant Puppy can sit anywhere she likes on the porch – of course she chose to plop in the wee bit of soil sitting in the corner. Because,…

All Things Barbie Meme

BRILLIANT MARKETING. Brilliant. Thank you Auntie Cat for making my loves into Barbie!