Weekend with family!

Alicia, Brian and Josie came up Sunday morning to enjoy the awesome weather with us. Brian took Monday off, so we were able to hang out all of Sunday, and then go check out the tulips in Skagit County on Monday. The weather was amazing both days, and we spent nearly every minute outside. Josie … Continue reading

Our first harvest

Today we picked two asparagus spears and five rhubarb stalks. It is because of the gardening of the previous owners that we have anything to harvest this time of year – so thank you, Crawfords! We put the asparagus on homemade pizzas last night, and I made a compote with the rhubarb that we’ll have on some ice cream tonight. Yummy!

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We built a little chicken coop!

It’s only a temporary one until we build the bigger one this weekend with Alicia and Brian. The chicks quickly outgrew their little tub in the laundry room, and they’ve got decent feathers already. At only 5 weeks old! So we moved them outside so they can get some fresh air and slugs. They still … Continue reading

What’s for lunch, Josie?

Josie knows what she wants…

Look what we got!

Chicks! Four each of Barred Rocks, Buff Orpingtons and Welsummers!

Chicken Coop Demolition

There was a coop in our back yard when we moved in. The previous owners had chickens in it, but we felt that the structure was old, decrepit, and too big for our purposes. We want something easy to clean, with easy access to the laying boxes to get the eggs each morning. So we’re … Continue reading

Our home renovation…so far

We’ve started working on our home! Well, a little bit of us and a lot bit of our contractor and his team. It’s a huge amount of demolition, but it only took them two days. We had to transplant some of the little flowers in the front beds quickly before the bulldozer showed up. I … Continue reading

Our long Brooklyn weekend.

Fresh off a week sailing in the British Virgin Islands (I know!), C and I are spending a few days in NYC catching up with great friends, favorite restaurants, old haunts and the stupid MTA. Do not get C started – seriously. We got a few inches of snow, a few buckets of ‘wintry mix’ and plenty of puddles. We miss some things more than others…
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Tour de Home

We have moved in but our stuff is still in New York. Since we forgot to take pictures and show them off over Christmas we took a video walking tour instead. We hope to have an updated “after” video by the end of the year.

Chilly morning

We spent a great weekend babysitting Josie, and are now going down to Mountain Lodge Farm for an event. We barely had time to put our bags down at home, but I wanted to take a moment to capture a little of the frigid magic happening in our front yard. I love our new home.