Keeping backyard chickens is a wonderful experience. Chickens are sweet and low maintenance, with a few caveats which I’ll share below. I absolutely adore our chickens. They are my sweet girls. They are beautiful, and of the four that we have had since May, three…
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Keeping Our Bathroom Fresh
Thank you Angel Soft® for sponsoring this post. Ditch the spray and switch to Angel Soft® with Fresh Lavender-Scented Tube. Lately, I’ve found myself wondering if I am running a household or a zoo, in the best way possible. The population of our house has…
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I always have.
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” I am sitting at my desk. It’s Monday morning. I am trying to work but mostly I’m just distracted by the beautiful cacophonous laughter of my babies playing in the next room,…
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Mom Hack: Keeping Little Hands Clean!
Thank you Brawny® Tear-A-Square® for sponsoring this post. Think of all the ways you can Put a Square There! How are you, friends? It’s finally beginning to feel like spring around here for more than a fleeting moment. It has been such a dream watching…
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Keeping My Family Safe with First Alert
Thank you First Alert for sponsoring this post. First Alert 10-year sealed battery alarms offer hassle-free protection that helps keep your home and family protected for a decade! #LiveWithA10 It’s hard to believe that this spring we will be celebrating two years in our home.…
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Green Living: In the Kitchen & Grocery Shopping
Hello and happy February, friends! Things are good around here. We’ve been going through lots of big changes… but what else is new, right? We’ve been through so much transition these last few years. I’m sure you’ve probably come to expect that from me at…
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Love in the Garden: a few of our favorite things…
We’ve reached the middle of August which is, in so many ways, the height of summer. The final, glorious climax of heat, humidity, sweat & sun before the season slowly turns toward the crisp coolness of autumn. Although much of the excitement of summer is…
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Backyard Fun & Making Summer Memories
Thank you TruGreen for sponsoring this post. At the beginning of the summer, we celebrated one year spent in our new home. It was so exciting to celebrate the fact that we have been here in this space that we love so much for a…
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Home: Living Room in Summer
“Like the way the valleys of the earth cup their hands for light and drink, like the way the desert opens up its sweet mouth and laughs” –Hafiz How are you, my dear friends? Today is the 20th of July. It’s morning and I am…