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Have you ever built a house?  We sure haven’t.  I cannot envision the lines on the paper as real walls and windows and doors.  I could not envision the driveway and yet, it is there. We played around with bits … Continue reading →

Inching forward?  Maybe; hopefully. Plans are being poured over.  Ideas are getting kicked around.  Options are soon to be on the table. The bottom line is always money.  It has to be.  We could end up with pockets full of … Continue reading →

This was the sunset on November 6th.  It was spectacular.  Those clouds were rolling through the sky at a fast clip.  There were small, foggy clouds underneath that raced by…you can see one behind the tallest tree. Colorado has some … Continue reading →

Lately, I have been admonished to look forward, live for today and plan for tomorrow.  I thought I did those things, but selling a home of 20+ years made me look back. Well, today that house is being sold.  The … Continue reading →

We would love to have a wood stove in this house.  There is nothing like standing in front of a wood stove and warming up.  No such luck here. So, as part of the warmth and keeping busy projects, I … Continue reading →

I have been making Halloween decorations. I love finding things to make and then locating the materials at the thrift store.  I found a big piece of muslin and a small piece of some looser fabric.  Then I found two … Continue reading →

This is one of the ponds along the golf course by our rental.  It is really nice to live on a bankrupt golf course.  No one golfs.  But, the trails are open and the dogs are loving them.  The dogs … Continue reading →

Ya gotta laugh at that one.  This garden is outside of Langley.  Langley is a lovely little town by the sea. Today was the Bayside Farmer’s Market and there are only two more.  The growing season is coming to an … Continue reading →

And the seasons begin to change and we change along with them.  Let’s try and find one good thing every day.  That’s my new goal. Today, we picked what will probably be, for us, the last of the blackberries.  The … Continue reading →

It has been just plain weird weather since we arrived.  We drove in to 2 nights of pouring rain and thunderstorms and since then it has been dry and warm.  Remember, this is the Pacific Northwest.  It rains all the … Continue reading →