July 2009

Valley Clouds

31 July 2009
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This morning had beautiful clouds settled in the valley below our home.

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Apple Rack

28 July 2009
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I was reviewing my starred Reader items today and happened across one about an apple storage rack. It was from Apartment Therapy. Anyway, Regina commented that she had tried to find something similar stateside with no luck. The rack image and purchasing was from a UK-only site. It’s beautiful. I want one.  It’s almost US$500 [...]

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Watering the Children

27 July 2009
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Today is a rather hot one in the sunshine. I’ve been working in the shaded garage on our chicken tractor complement to the new raised beds. The children have been the ones in the sun. And they’re hot. My solution? If Mr. B and Miss Chief are hot, then our plants might be thirsty as [...]

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Building Two Raised Beds

25 July 2009
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Amidst all of our construction planning (greenhouse & garage thing), I’ve been considering the patio layout. Papa and a friend are going to pour it themselves, which should be interesting. Because the patio is HUGE, I want to break it up a little with some planting areas. In the interest of directing traffic, I’d also [...]

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Pattern Drafting – Child Shorts

24 July 2009
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You’ll need a ruler, card stock, shorts to copy, scissors (paper and fabric), a pencil, sewing machine, pins, elastic (I used 1/4″ cut to Miss Chief’s waist + 1″) and fabric. Fold the shorts in half to the side seam faces up. Tuck one leg inside the other. The crotch seam is shown here at [...]

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Wouldn’t it b Nice?

19 July 2009
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Sharing a little bit of happiness today. I may just have to place an order from wouldn’t it b nice? So many lovely thoughts to share.

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