Dad Happy Birthday Dad! A Post from the Archives Sibling Assignment # 102: Father Daughter Banquet, Bowling, and Lemon Fluff I gave the sibling assignment this week. In honor of Father's Day I … Read more
bouquet flowers roses The Blossoms of October Perhaps this year I will still be picking flowers for bouquets in November! Read more
autumn canning fire Feeling of Fall The date on the calendar is not always what indicates the arrival of fall. The summer held on this year producing rose blooms, red tomatoes, and morn… Read more
photography writing The Sketchbook Project I can't even remember how I first learned of The Sketchbook Project. I am now for 2011and my moleskin sketchbook arrived today. There are only tw… Read more
poetry The Family of Things Whether it is jubilation over miners rescued in Chile, a prayer passed around for a accident victim, the kindness of a man offering help to one in ne… Read more
autumn dogs Ten Ways to Tell Cold Weather is Just Around the Corner 1. The tomatoes are doing what we wanted them to do in August. 2. One word: defrost. 3. ALL the cats are beginning their pilgrimage from the outside… Read more
autumn geraniums greenhouse Our Fall Ritual Each October when the word frost is even whispered on the weather report we begin hauling in the plants to winter over. Every year we struggle deci… Read more
roses The Roses of October The weather this fall has created a micro climate just perfect for roses. As a light drizzle fell today I snapped some images of roses that came back… Read more
gardening home plants poetry A View From the Front Porch: The Silence of Plants I really love my new front porch. It is a place I can sit and be surrounded by quiet beauty at the end of the day. The jumbled thoughts of a day in t… Read more
cooking family gardening Orofino recipes roses Sibling Assignment #136: Ten Lessons Learned from Auntie Lila The most recent sibling assignment was to write about an aunt. My brother wrote such a touching tribute about me which you can find here. Thanks Ray… Read more
Lake Roosevelt road trip Hidden Gems in the Inland Empire: The Marcus Cider Fest On the first Saturday in October annally the small town of Marcus hosts their own Cider Fest. Marcus is located about eight miles north of Kettle Fa… Read more
flowers Moscow sister Hidden Gems in the Inland Empire: The Peterson Barn Recently I discovered another hidden gem in Moscow, Idaho. When I was organizing a leadership retreat last summer and it was a football week-end in … Read more
family road trip Hidden Gems in the Inland Empire: Train Ride at Metaline Falls I had always heard of the train ride available between Ione to Metaline Falls along the Pend Oreille River in the fall, but it was something we had j… Read more
The Extraordinary Accomplishments of Helen Keller Recently when this picture was found of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan it reminded me of my lifelong interest in this… Keep reading
Strawbale Gardening: A New Project! We have an area close to our potato patch that needs a border. We really didn't want another fence. JEJ had already… Keep reading
What's That Smell in the Kitchen?:Favoite Poem by Marge Piercy Mom used to make a basic potato soup that was so delicious. It contained potatoes, celery, onion, and evaporated milk… Keep reading
Sibling Assignment # 31 : Annie, Sandy, and Goosebumps This week for our sibling assignment we were to write about a memorable musical . Sunday Scribblings word is Goosebump… Keep reading