Archive for June, 2008

We spent the weekend digging up the backyard in preparation for a patio. Fun. (A big ‘thank you’ to my mom for helping us yesterday though!) Related: What does one do with a huge pile of dirt? We’re not even finished with the digging (we need to get down to 8″). Which means there will [...]

Kimberly Hurst takes beautiful photos, and now she has a new blog to match. (Designed by me.) I loved working with you, Kim!

The weeds have been plucked and the plants are in the ground. Our garden is on its way to greatness. Or mediocrity. Time will tell. Here’s the view from the front. That huge bush is the neighbor’s red twig dogwood. While we don’t mind ‘sharing’ it in our garden, we aren’t all that fond of [...]

I’m almost done clearing out the weeds along the side to make room for my flowers (for the second time this year). This is the plan: The flowers in pen are the ones we’ve purchased, and the ones in pencil are tentatively planned for next year. I also left some room for future (undetermined as [...]

I’ve been tagged, twice (by This Young House and midwestmoderngirl). I suppose I’d better get around to it, eh? 1. What did you do 10 years ago? I had just graduated high school, and I was getting a head start on college with a philosophy 101 course that crammed an entire semester into an intensive [...]