Tag Archives: Summer

Flower Friday: Yellow

Flower Friday: Yellow

I have no clue what-so-ever what this pretty yellow flower is. It is growing in the alley behind our house and along a fence. It receives only rain water and is in full sun, and is probably some horribly invasive weed, because lately all the flowers I love seem to fall into that category! (Spotted [...]

July Bounty

This weekend I harvested the rest of my purple haze carrots (which were fantastic and gone very quickly) and yesterday I picked my first handful of empress beans (an stringless heirloom snap bean.)
I actually could have started picking my beans last week but I am saving the seeds from that plant in the hopes [...]

Beautiful Days

It has been beautiful for several days now, mid 60s, sunny clear blue skies, bird singing (or whatever that ruckus the pine jays make is…) So naturally I have been spending very little time indoors. Damian is like me, he hates being cooped up when the Mother Nature rouses from her winter slumber and calls [...]

Bagels

I have had a craving for bagels for a couple days. The thing is, most store bought bread gives me hives, so my craving had to wait a day, then overnight, then through this morning’s boiling and baking. But finally, I have my bagel, a Potato Bagel Star in fact. (I added some flax and [...]

Spokane Valley is on fire

Hello fire season (and the arson psychopaths that come with it…)