Recently The Goat and I visited Madison, Wisconsin. We were gone 10 days, that's it, just 10 days. But somehow, in those 10 days our yard went from a lush and overabundant green oasis to a dry, yellow, and crunchy yard! Earlier in the Summer it was difficult for me to relate to the water shortage … Continue reading August. Too early to signal Autumn?
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City critters welcome in our urban jungle.
As I sit here, on our back porch, wrapped in a blanket, wearing a jacket (it's around 50F - in July!), and listening to all the early morning commotion, I realize how hard it can be to explain to some country folk that city living can be noisy - but not the noisy most automatically … Continue reading City critters welcome in our urban jungle.
If you want local shops, you have to shop at local shops.
Recently I heard the news that a local specialty shop would be closing it's doors at the end of August. This news hit me hard. This shop was a specialty shop, in the same town where my shop is located, and it's a shop that my husband and I have supported for a number of … Continue reading If you want local shops, you have to shop at local shops.


