Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I hope your week has been going well! Around here we've been getting ready for a long-planned lake cabin family trip, which now includes daily checking of the air quality - will we actually be able to be outside by said lake? New normal for summertime, it seems. The other thing that's been a priority has been harvesting and preserving what we...
8 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Well, here we are in August, the last "fully summer" month. Since it's my favorite season, I'm going to try and be completely present for the sun, tank tops + skirts, eating outside, and grilling all the things, while the getting is good.π And I can't even believe we haven't paddled on a lake even once yet this summer!! Testament to the fact...
15 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, After a super busy July, August is looking to be a little more laid-back, which is just my speed. π We have a family lake cabin trip planned and that's about it besides some dinners here and there. I hope to have enough time to get a couple more things accomplished on my summer to-do list, which includes finishing the landscaping of the loooong...
22 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, How are you all doing at this peak of summertime? Basking in the warmth or waiting for it to end? π We haven't had too many super hot days, although the two we did have this last week were accompanied by a heat pump failure, so no AC - boo. Were we ever thankful when it got fixed!! Mostly it's been in the 70s-80s with a nice breeze so the...
29 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I'm going to make this an occasional theme for the Saturday email since it's a fun way to highlight different recipes on my end - and you might find a new recipe that others are loving on your end! For this batch of reader raves, I picked six recipes that are perfect for warmer weather and all have earned enthusiastic 5-star reviews from readers...
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Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, This week I thought I'd talk a little about the garden in July. It's a time of growing harvests and reaping the rewards of March and April planting, and it's also a time of trying to keep everything alive in the heat.π³ During July and August I have our watering system set to run for 3 hours every 3 days (up from every 4 to 5 days in the spring...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Happy 4th of July!! We will be celebrating with family on the Oregon coast and we're supposed to have nice weather after a couple weeks of gray and drizzle here.π I'm looking forward to morning beach walks with our dog since it's the only place she really likes to walk (you should see me trying to walk up our lane with her: walk a few paces,...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, We've got a rainy weekend here in western Oregon (much appreciated by the garden), but it's supposed to clear up in time for the 4th and be sunny and 70s. I like the summer weather, but I'm trying hard to enjoy the clouds and rain for the garden, lol. We've planted some shrubs that would like to not be scorched for a bit while they settle in and...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Tomorrow is Father's Day, which is actually going to be a bit quiet around here since our extended family is doing a big BBQ for all the dads next weekend and our kids will be coming to that. So I wanted to make some of Brian's favorite foods for this weekend and asked him to tell me what recipes of mine he likes. Surprisingly he didn't hem and...
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