Feathers and Flowers

  Yesterday afternoon we watched an ominous-looking black thunderstorm roll in from the east. It dumped torrential rain for about an hour, t...

  An old English proverb: If the first of July be rainy weather,   it will rain, more or less, for four weeks together. Oh, goody.  It...

  I'm a not much of a baker, except when I get on a roll with Christmas cookies. But I found this super easy chocolate bundt cake recipe...

  Maya and Nova last week on the family backpacking trip at the Olympic coast.  Carrying 6 days worth of food, clothing, camping equipment e...

  And most don't. The mini heat wave ends tomorrow when we go right back to the cool 60's. But the roses have been waiting for this ...

  A relic from the past. That's a bit of knob and tube wiring from our basement, looking like something from Roman times. On the bright ...