I know I keep saying it, but this year keeps on rushing by. March 2020 by itself felt longer than the entire first half of 2021, I think. Really, Covid has just warped time to where it doesn’t seem to go at the same pace it used to. And don’t ask me to tell you…
With wildfire burning throughout the western United States and Canada, I’m just holding my breath until smoke season descends on us once again. With such hot, dry conditions as we’ve had, the wildfires have started in earnest faster and stronger, and they’re worse this month than they were August of last year. I’m feeling like…
It’s hard to believe that our Montana trip was two months ago already. For whatever reason, time seems to be speeding by right now. Really, this last year and a half of COVID time just hasn’t seemed normal. We joke that every day is “noneday” because it’s so hard to keep the days straight. Will…
The city of Kirkland where I live hit 111°F on Monday. After topping out at 106°F on Sunday and 102°F on Saturday. We’ve only ever hit triple digits here a few times, and never two days in a row, let alone three. Two thirds of homes in our area don’t have any air conditioning. And…
We are poised for a historic heat wave here in the Pacific Northwest this weekend, and it’s all anyone is really talking about around here right now, myself included. Today will be warm, in the mid to upper eighties, but then we have a decent chance of hitting three 100+ days in a row. For…
We finally got our chicks this week! After so long planning and building the coop, it felt awesome to bring home chicks. There’s something about having livestock that makes this whole urban homestead thing feel much more real than simply having a large garden. I wish I could say that this first week has been…
The chicken coop is complete! It's been a lot of work, especially over the last few months, but it feels awesome to have the project completed. We've scheduled a pick up time for our chicks this weekend, and it feels a bit like counting down to Christmas or another important holiday. We're going to a…
With vaccinations comes more normal life. My dear friend Felicity is now two weeks past her second shot, and got to spend a good deal of Thursday together. She’s retired, and I don’t work Thursdays, so instead we had lunch, worked in the garden, walked downtown, and got ice cream. The kiddo adores her, so…
It’s been a good month now since I’ve been fully vaccinated, and it’s starting to really sink in. Until the kiddo is able to get his shots, I won’t totally relax, but it’s such a different place to be these days. Honestly, I have a hard time wrapping my brain around anti-vaxxers and the vaccine…
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you might have seen the photo I posted of us in Glacier National Park. We just returned last weekend from a week and a half road trip out to Montana and back, the first time we’ve left the state of Washington since we returned from Iceland in…