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Finance is — fun?

Last session of the Monthly Financial Seminars sponsored by the Oishei Foundation and led by.@100degreesconsulting. Stephanie is WONDERFUL* and has been such a help for our lil ol…

Ice Cream

Life is short. Ice cream is delicious. Always order rainbow sprinkles.

Spaghetti Parm

HWMMS has been craving Spaghetti Parm (a la Chef’s) Instead of ordering pickup, I spent the same amount of money on groceries and made two pans of Sausage/Mushroom…

MOSQUITOS

I could stay here forever…or until I can’t stand the FUCKINGMOSQUITOSANYLONGER.

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Being two years into the diagnosis of #psoriasis and #psoriaticarthritis I am still learning. I took these OUCHY photos the other day while sitting on the porch *exhausted*…

Stained Glass

All in a day’s work. So, todayย #teamfoundryย tested out a new stained glass class for newbies. As you might know…precision and patience and sharp objects? Not exactly my best…

Magical

Jenny’s first Ren Faire. Magical. ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿงšโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿงโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿง™๐Ÿ„๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿƒ๐ŸŒป๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ…๐Ÿน๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿช“๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ“ฏ๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ—๏ธโš”๏ธ๐ŸŽถ (But ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿซ!)

Not Barbie

That moment when you’ve been SO EXCITED TO SEE THE BARBIE MOVIE AT THE DRIVE-IN and then arrive, pay for tickets, park, proclaim BEST DAY EVER and realize…

Cucumbers!

Reasonย #327ย He is (Husband) Who Makes Me Smile (HWMMS) – While riding past the cucumber strip on the tractor I hear “HOLY SHIT WE GOT CUCUMBERS!” Hurrah!

Medicinal Garden in Bloom

The medicinal herbal garden is flourishing this year. So happy. I’ve harvested a whole bunch already. Holy Basil, Bee Balm, Horehound, St. Johns Wort, Marshmallow, Lavender, Yarrow, Elecampane,…

Someone’s been eating grass, I see.

Rescued!

As you can see, I rescued about 2/3 of the corn from the weeds this weekend.

$2 Herbs!

Thank you Draught’s Farm!

There’s always room…

Around the homestead this morning…

Roasted Veggies. (Peppers, Onion*, Kohlrabi*, Zucchini**, Summer Squash** & Garlic*) Veggie Pesto Angel Hair Pasta. (Cherry Tomatoes, Red Peppers, Broccoli*, Green Onion*, Cilantro* & Garlic*) Endless Veggie Stock…

New Soob

Say hello to our new Soob. She’s the color of blood because 2023 is the year of bleeding $$$. Kidding, not kidding.

Endless Weeding

MARIGOLDS

Tis the time of year where the weeding is ENDLESS. I found this wee bright spot in one of the strip gardens where I tossed SO MANY MARIGOLD…

Baby Cuca

Squash Blossoms

I rescued a strip of squash plants from the weeds and ended up thinning out half the patch. I hate killing plants so others will thrive but I’m…

Air

Yesterday was ick, silly me having windows open Sunday night not knowing the air was angry again. Woke up ick today. Two days w/out outside time and a…

Garlic

Omggggarlic! This is one of three rows. Wheeeee! Last year was a bust, this year BOOM! MY GARDEN SOUL IS SO HAPPY! ๐Ÿง„๐Ÿง„๐Ÿง„

Pennyroyal

Oh and the giant clump of plants I thinned out earlier this year? I thought it was marjoram because I found a tag labeled as such nearby…nope, pennyroyal….

A few me moments before heading into work…

Porch Coffee Day 189

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Not Knee High

Overlooking the not-yet knee high but freshly weeded corn garden.