Ryan and I went to St. Louis for the weekend. We met up with some of his family from Memphis, to celebrate Shelby’s 10th birthday. Ryan’s aunt Joanell planned quite a bash for Miss Shelby at Grant’s Farm in St. Louis. I love Grant’s Farm and St. Louis and we had a great time. We […]
Photographing houses
I read this great article about taking better photos of your house at Digital Photography School. I thought it may be helpful to those of you who, like me, enjoy taking photos of your home. It could also be good for anyone putting a house up for sale by owner. Almost everything was new to […]
The year of a million onions and other garden progress
We’ll never need to buy onions again, I’m fairly certain. We’ve got a ton of white and red onions from the garden. At this momnt, they are drying (in the garage) and we’ll eventually store them in the basement. There’s about 100 of them. Which is a reasonable number of onions for a single pair […]
Ode to the zucchini
It’s the time of year when a certain vegetable is blowing up in gardens across the country. When you begin to see these green beauties everywhere from offices to farmers’ markets and you start eating a variety of breads, cakes and skillets to try to make the most of the bounty. When you must lock […]
If you don’t live in the Midwest…
If you don’t live in the Midwest, you may not be able to imagine the expansiveness of the sky or the white of the clouds… or the simple beauty of hay bales dotting the fields… or the rolling hills… or the perfect blue of the sky. You may have never seen a covered bridge in Madison […]
Girls, girls, girls (and Edward)
I spent the weekend in Kansas City with my college roommates, Ali and Lynne. Ali lives in the KC-area and Lynne is in St. Louis, so we don’t see each other often. Normally, I drive the 6 hours on my own. This time, I brought a friend. In case you didn’t already think I’m psychotic, […]
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