2023-03-21: I was craving an evening snack but wanted to eat it before 10pm and thought: scones! π€ Whipped up a β¦
2023-03-20: Tried a new buttermilk biscuit recipe today, pretty tasty and puffed up nicely. I skipped the pepper β¦
2023-03-16: Having fun thinking about albums lately, so I put together a webpage with some favorite albums π½πΆ
2023-03-13: I’ve been remiss in pruning my Japanese maple so I watched a bunch of YouTube videos to remind β¦
2023-03-12: My Instagram account got suspended – I’m guessing they didn’t like me pulling β¦
2023-03-10: I LOVED Odell’s How to Do Nothing so I am super excited for Saving Time! π I’ve been β¦
2023-03-09: Post a great album with no explanation. Tag others to do the same. Sure, I’ll play π Wild β¦
2023-03-01: Tried a new buttermilk biscuit recipe today. Made 10 biscuits. Baked at 450 for 16-17ish minutes for β¦
2023-03-01: I need to snack more, and just remembered this all-snack cookbook Raw Energy that’s been β¦
2023-02-11: Brunch day! Been too long π
2023-02-06: Operation Get A New Cat Tree was a success! It only took three stores to find a good one π Our cat β¦
2023-02-02: Super psyched to cancel my gas service today! We replaced our old gas furnace and water heater with β¦
2023-01-25: Sigh, friend sent me a neat-looking anti-corporate literary magazine and I’m 96% sure the β¦
2023-01-22: Banana bread kind of day! I don’t expect this loaf to last past lunch tomorrow π
2023-01-15: βοΈ I scribbled myself a two sentence note on Friday, then when I went to put it online it grew into β¦
2023-01-15: πͺ Cranberry chocolate chip blondies – I subbed semi-sweet for white chocolate and cut the β¦
2023-01-14: π Reading What Works by Tara McMullin, about rethinking a goal-oriented life and escaping the need β¦
2023-01-12: EDIT: they found her! Yay!!! πΆ Dunno if I know anyone here in SF – my parents’ dog ran β¦
2023-01-01: Dinner fiasco: made the worst quiche crust I’ve ever made, and it wasn’t done till 8:30 β¦
2023-01-01: Mmm, pumpkin muffins! I think I’ve made these before. Very moist. Made 17 muffins. Baked β¦
2023-01-01: Started off the new year with brunch π Prepped all the veg last night so I’d have no excuse π β¦
2022-12-31: I changed things up for this year’s reading review, and looked at different stats. A new one β¦
2022-12-30: β Question for fiction writers: do you outline in the same tense that you write in? My friend and I β¦
2022-12-29: π My 20 favorite books I read in 2022 – including 9 SFF and romance novels, 5 graphic novels, β¦
2022-12-24: Huevos rancheros for breakfast - tasty enough but not worth the 45 minutes it took me to make. β¦
2022-12-21: A chilly but beautiful Winter Solstice morning!
2022-12-19: We are getting lots of snow days this year! Tonight’s winter storm advisory predicts β¦
2022-12-13: I’ve had it with Tidal. For a music player, its ability to play music breaks way too often. β¦
2022-12-09: I’ve been making myself a birthday playlist nearly every year since 2002. This week I posted β¦
2022-12-02: π Failed to consider how big and heavy this haul would be when I requested so many art books – β¦
2022-12-01: Grr, just realized Tidal’s connection to last.fm broke in early October, so it didn’t β¦
2022-12-01: Rounded out National Novel Writing Month at 44k words, which I am very happy with. Just a few scenes β¦
2022-11-29: Early season snow!
2022-11-29: Made potato leek soup for dinner, a tasty winter pantry dish. Didn’t have yukon gold so I used β¦
2022-11-26: Got a lovely sunny stroll at a wildlife area on the lake - and spotted a bald eagle! (π¦ not pictured β¦
2022-11-25: First time making a lime pie, turned out well. Zested and juiced 3 limes (oops bought a whole bag β¦
2022-11-20: Tried a new buttermilk coffee cake recipe - fine, not too sweet. Tripled the berries, folded in β¦
2022-11-19: Next Sunday, 11/27, IndieWebCamp is hosting a pop-up online discussion on making the IndieWeb more β¦
2022-11-19: Alas, Twitter has reached the point where it’s no longer even macabre fun to watch it β¦
2022-11-17: I’ve collected a list of small online shops from my social media follows, and thought others β¦
2022-11-16: I don’t have time or energy to explore a new social platform right now, so I turned on β¦
2022-11-11: Micro.blog is a much better place to actually talk to people, and for my mental health, but I have β¦
2022-11-10: At last night’s Homebrew Website Club, we lamented never finishing our blog drafts. Today I β¦
2022-11-09: Finally planted my bulbs today! I went light this year: three packs of camas, three huge allium β¦
2022-11-06: Our power was out for 16 hours yesterday so we had to toss most of our fridge π’ But it’s β¦
2022-11-04: So this was very brown π Veggie sausage, mushrooms, cabbage π€·ββοΈ, rutabega π, and biscuits. Biscuits β¦
2022-11-03: You know how they tell you not to start running by running a 5k every day? NaNoWriMo is kinda like β¦
2022-11-01: First day of NaNoWriMo! This will be my 11th time playing π Feeling excited and apprehensive to β¦
2022-11-01: π Library haul! Tried to get a lot of stuff that will have pictures. Accidentally had a mini Russian β¦
2022-10-31: Halloween setup π We skipped giving out candy the last two years but this year we’re doing the β¦
2022-10-30: This morning we dashed down to Kubota Garden before the rain and enjoyed some beautiful fall color! β¦
2022-10-28: This week I randomly decided I want to be more ambidextrous, so I’ve switched my mouse to my β¦
2022-10-23: So happy it finally feels like fall! Rain, colorful leaves, bedtime tea, down vests and SCARVES! π₯°
2022-10-20: AQI around or over 300 at my house right now. Got air filters going in my main rooms but still have β¦
2022-10-19: Spent the day out in public for the first time since March 2020, and my brain is fried. I’m β¦
2022-10-18: At least the climate apocalypse is pretty. AQI 181π₯ π·
2022-10-15: Thinking about how cool my little hometown library was. They gave me carte blanche to write graphic β¦
2022-10-12: I’ve reached my limit on the pandemic hair: it’s gotten so long I just accidentally β¦
2022-10-07: Coconut lime cake from Snacking Cakes. π₯₯ The lime was pretty subtle, I could only taste it in the β¦
2022-10-06: Baked a pie with my u-pick apples π₯§ Typed up my go-to apple crumb pie recipe so I can stop β¦
2022-10-03: Backyard finally installed! Should have just done this ten years ago instead of all my failed DIY β¦
2022-10-02: Big library haul today because my branch is closing for a month for repairs! Goal was lighthearted β¦
2022-10-01: Spent 6 hours driving to and from Eastern WA today for a memorial. Tired now! Happily it was a β¦
2022-09-29: Have spent six hours writing a blog post today…and it’s not done! Send help! π
2022-09-26: Went apple picking with friends this morning! The honeycrisps were all picked out so we got cosmic β¦
2022-09-25: Brunch! I love croissants π
2022-09-22: Celebrated the equinox with an apple crisp π Added 1/16tsp cloves with the apples, and zest from β¦
2022-09-20: Got our boosters! π They weren’t ready when we arrived so we popped across the street to check β¦
2022-09-15: My backyard is finally getting installed! Started on the design with Yardzen last October, signed β¦
2022-09-11: One of the reasons I try to do brunch a lot is Ingrid Fetell Lee’s writing on joy. “Over β¦
2022-09-11: One of the reasons I try to do brunch a lot is Ingrid Fetell Lee’s writing on joy. Over time β¦
2022-09-06: Today’s library haul π Hey, I got a rainbow! π Psyched for Dr. Janega’s graphic medieval β¦
2022-09-05: Happy Labor Day! Thanks to the Labor movement, past and present, for fighting to protect workers β β¦
2022-08-28: Making bad choices, eating brownies at 10:30 π Only had 1oz unsweetened chocolate so I used 2oz β¦
2022-08-22: Borrowed Snacking Cakes from the library and ordered a copy as soon as I finished flipping through π β¦
2022-08-19: Cheesecake bars, but with a Cornflake crust because I forgot to buy graham crackers π A little odd β¦
2022-08-14: Turned yesterday’s leftovers into Brunch #2, with the addition of a piece of french toast and β¦
2022-08-13: Brunch! Tried out Impossible Sausage. Very meaty, a little uncanny valley for both me, a β¦
2022-08-12: Lovely day for a walk by the river.
2022-08-11: Lemon blueberry bread - vegan recipe but I made it with dairy π€·ββοΈ Decided to do today’s β¦
2022-08-10: Mmm, strawberry shortcake! π Baked half and froze half, curious to see how well they’ll bake β¦
2022-08-05: Got grapes for the first time in a couple years, forgot how refreshing and delicious grapes can be! β¦
2022-08-05: Still life with basil Also I need to refinish my damn cast iron again π€¦ββοΈ
2022-07-29: It’s weird being on a medication that suppresses appetite – I’ll be fine, fine, β¦
2022-07-24: π Rest of my library requests came in, mostly comics and social justice. Seeing this together, β¦
2022-07-23: Tried a new coffeecake recipe which promised - and delivered - more topping than cake π Subbed β¦
2022-07-20: Adapting to the jobless life Somehow I’m already in my third week since quitting work! Part of me still can’t believe β¦
2022-07-19: Upside down orange cake from Erin Alderson’s Easy Vegetarian Kitchen cookbook, which I like β¦
2022-07-14: Lemon poppy seed cake π° Alas, not as delicious as I dreamed. I originally wanted to make an easy β¦
2022-07-14: I don’t recall my mom ever making a casserole when I was a kid, so I kinda forget β¦
2022-07-14: π Today’s library haul is a bit random. Reading a lot of heavy stuff so tried to balance that β¦
2022-07-12: Trying to cook dinner more often now I don’t have an income π Stuffed portobello mushrooms and β¦
2022-07-10: Brunch! Strawberries finally went below $7 a package π³ so I made my fav strawberry biscuits π₯° β¦
2022-07-08: Date night with husband after a week of quarantining apart at home! Made pizza from pre-made β¦
2022-07-05: First unemployed weekday! Trying to treat this week as vacation before diving into the job hunt/ β¦
2022-07-04: Reading The Wake Up π 30% in and liking it a lot - but feel white supremacy is an incomplete β¦
2022-07-03: A brunch kind of day π Potatoes quick roasted in the toaster oven with eggs, leeks and spinach.
2022-06-30: I’m FREE!
2022-06-28: Felt like making cornbread, which meant I needed to make chili to go with. Pulling out ingredients β¦
2022-06-25: In Seattle it seems we go from sweats to shorts weather in about three days π Summer is here! ππ«
2022-06-24: I recommend reading On Tyranny to wrap your head around how we can resist and endure. Build β¦
2022-06-20: Put in my two weeks’ notice today after 7+ years! Not sure what comes next but time for a β¦
2022-06-19: Ten years ago today, I posted my first article on my blog Cascadia Inspired! Since then I’ve β¦
2022-06-13: Peach cobbler! Added zest to the biscuit dough, went shy on the sugar in the filling.
2022-06-04: Apple blackberry crumble with lemon curd greek yogurt π Cut sugar in filling to 1/4c shy. Added 1/8t β¦
2022-05-30: First batch of strawberry biscuits for the year! Also made home fries for the first time in quite a β¦
2022-05-21: Rhodie is finally starting to bloom! Love watching the bees go to town.
2022-05-20: First night of vacation, and what do I do? Write a 2000 word blog post π Americans interested in β¦
2022-05-19: Officially ON VACATION for the next 17 days! π Starting it off with a walk around the block in the β¦
2022-05-18: So, turns out I’m pretty upset about Roe vs Wade. Woke up at 3 this morning and couldn’t β¦
2022-05-17: Looking for comp titles Been reading lots of Kindle Unlimited books to try to find comp authors for my sci-fi romance book - β¦
2022-05-13: Front yard looking lush! May is probably its best time of year. My purple contorted filbert is β¦
2022-05-06: Do other people have a really hard time uploading pictures? It fails almost every time at least once β¦
2022-04-24: Ugh, these Finola tulips are too pretty ππ·
2022-04-24: Cat in sunlight π±π
2022-04-22: My camas is blooming! π Feels a little early but I think this is common camas versus great camas β¦
2022-04-18: Need something to distract from…everything, so I am biting the bullet on an idea I’ve β¦
2022-04-17: Spotted a trillium in the woods today! I usually miss the flower so always a treat to catch. π€
2022-04-11: “Chocolate snacking bread” is very chocolatey, as advertised π (perhaps a tad bitter β¦
2022-04-10: My usual breakfast lately, with the addition of asparagus π My husband doesn’t like it so I β¦
2022-04-09: Skimming through this beautiful book as a design object this morning π “WA: the essence of β¦
2022-04-08: Lol, the $50 bulb bed π Didn’t have the spoons to prep any soil last fall so I shoved β¦
2022-04-08: I may have gotten a little excited with the library requests π But most are art books and comics so β¦
2022-04-05: I’m usually a decent baker but having a lot of flubs lately. Made these biscuits. Despite β¦
2022-04-02: Bad idea at 11pm ππ€·ββοΈ (10 min prep listed = 40 for me?) Alton Brown’s flourless peanut butter β¦
2022-03-28: Nice visit to the beach in North Seattle yesterday. Grabbed pupusas from an El Salvadorean β¦
2022-03-26: Pancake day! π₯
2022-03-19: Tried a new scone recipe today. Think I made the dough too wet π€·ββοΈ Chocolate chip hazelnut for half β¦
2022-03-15: Small victories ππͺ Finally removed the itchy tag from a dress I bought in 2015. Getting out the seam β¦
2022-03-15: π΅ Winding down the evening with tea and jazz. Put on Chelsea Bridge by Ben Webster & Gerry β¦
2022-03-12: Haven’t done a big brunch in a while! Smitten Kitchen blueberry crumb cake, eggs, veggie β¦
2022-03-09: π Started reading Acquired Tastes: Stories about the Origins of Modern Food I doubt I’ll make β¦
2022-03-06: Finished reading Odd Apples, a photography book by William Mullan. ππ Very much enjoyed! Heirloom β¦
2022-03-04: Made slow cooker pinto beans and Mexican rice for dinner! I have not had much success with the slow β¦
2022-03-03: Adulting badge for the day: getting husband’s old IRA rolled over into the 401k for his new β¦
2022-03-02: Yes!!! The WA legislature passed a bill to do away with “community councils” - one less β¦
2022-03-02: Currently reading Pastoral Song by James Rebanks π Really enjoyed The Shepherd’s Life so β¦
2022-02-26: Starting Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook by Christopher Noxon π I really like β¦
2022-02-17: π Library haul! First pickup of the year. Psyched that my library just installed lockers for hold β¦
2022-02-17: New glasses day! Haha I ordered these in early December and they told me things were taking forever β¦
2022-02-14: Two years ago today we flew down to LA for an awesome vacation - hit the beach and the Getty Villa. β¦
2022-02-12: Lay in bed too late to bake, so I made pain perdu for brunch π³ I only like french toast made with β¦
2022-02-04: Ordered myself a stack of favorite albums on CD to listen to in the car π΅ My husband says I’m β¦
2022-01-31: Been thinking about my listening habits and music library lately and was curious how many CDs I have β¦
2022-01-30: Maple pecan scones and eggs with leeks and chevre. Scones were a bit dry even with the glaze, I may β¦
2022-01-29: Spent the past two days transferring playlists from Spotify to Tidal π΅ then went to cancel Spotify β¦
2022-01-27: My friend surprised me with a just because present, a print that harmonizes nicely with the art on β¦
2022-01-17: Greek yogurt apple streusel muffins today. Pretty good for a muffin with whole wheat flour. Batter β¦
2022-01-09: Blackberry coffee cake π³ Replaced topping with the one from Smitten Kitchen’s blueberry crumb β¦
2022-01-08: I’m facilitating a conversation about the intersection of offline and virtual life in a couple β¦
2022-01-01: New Year’s brunch! Roasted potatoes, strawberry biscuits, salad and a fried egg ππ³ Finally got β¦
2021-12-28: Brunch! Croissant with scrambled eggs, roasted fingerling potatoes, salad and veggie sausage. π³ Had β¦
2021-12-10: π Really excited to read Out of Office! Before the pandemic I hated working from home but I’m β¦
2021-11-26: Had fried eggs, roasted potatoes, salad and strawberry biscuits from the freezer for breakfast. Not β¦
2021-11-26: Got inspired by some recent posts about fountain pens to figure out what my hand-me-down vintage β¦
2021-11-24: Today I finally finished my novel rewrite! I’ve been working on it on and off for several β¦
2021-11-20: Made biscuits from The Food Lab today and am mad at how well they turned out because I had to β¦
2021-11-16: Just got my booster! πͺ Went for the mix and match, we’ll see how I feel with Moderna π€ I β¦
2021-11-11: Two fun new inspiration books in the mail this week! π¦π The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John β¦
2021-11-08: Excited to see Buy Nothing has an app now! It was the only thing on Facebook I regretted leaving β¦
2021-11-07: Attempted to make soft boiled eggs for the first time with instructions from The Food Lab… I β¦
2021-11-07: Yesterday’s brunch: sour cream coffee cake with pears. I didn’t have enough pecans so I β¦
2021-11-05: Been on the library wait list for this beast for months! Weighs like ten pounds. Not sure how to β¦
2021-11-01: Who else is doing NaNoWriMo this year? π This will be my 11th time (with plenty of Rebel projects) - β¦
2021-10-22: Beautiful fall color at Kubota Garden today! I’ve read some about the family’s history β¦
2021-10-09: My rainbow wall π I saw the piece on the leftΒ onlineΒ immediately went to the artistβs website and β¦
2021-10-08: Made an apple crisp to celebrate fall! I love fall flavors π
2021-10-03: Survived our mini backpacking trip! We had a perfect sunny afternoon, and woke up to a spattering of β¦
2021-10-01: Tomorrow’s mini adventure: teaching two gals how to backpack. Late in the season but forecast β¦
2021-10-01: Pumpkin patch with some friends this morning! Nice foggy ambience when we got there but it burned β¦
2021-09-26: Omelet, salad and (oops overbaked) strawberry biscuits from the freezer for Sunday brunch today. Had β¦
2021-09-20: Releasing myself from the burden of these recipes I’ve clipped over the last fifteen years and β¦
2021-09-11: Homegrown potatoes(!), fried egg and strawberry biscuit for Saturday brunch π³
2021-09-10: Gasp, I just realized it’s time to order bulbs! π· The annual question of do I want to… β¦
2021-09-09: After getting off screens 2 hours before bed, I’ve been revisiting albums I loved in high β¦
2021-09-08: My latest brilliant idea (that I probably saw somewhere and have forgotten) is actually turning out β¦
2021-09-06: I did a smell comparison between my old vanilla and a new bottle I just bought and π³ there is a HUGE β¦
2021-09-06: Labor Day breakfast: cream scones with strawberries and homemade creme fraiche (didn’t taste β¦
2021-09-03: We headed out to Port Townsend for a one night getaway. Surprisingly quick to get there. Caught β¦
2021-09-03: More comics and books on paper to help me follow through on getting off screens at 10pm π
2021-09-01: Did a lunch date in Ballard yesterday, with a stop at the locks and Golden Gardens. Saw an osprey β¦
2021-09-01: Hired a landscape company to deal with my blackberry jungle and now it’s like scorched earth β¦
2021-08-29: Sourdough french toast, potatoes and a salad for brunch today. π³
2021-08-28: Haha, made banana bread this morning but didn’t follow my usual mise en place and forgot the β¦
2021-08-27: Started vacation with dutch apple pancakes (suggested by @Miraz) π Baked in a small cast iron and β¦
2021-08-26: At last! Vacation! Eleven whole days off π I’ve been needing a break, last time off was β¦
2021-08-23: HR is approving my WFH request through October! Positive reinforcement that I should ask for what I β¦
2021-08-22: Mmm, got enough peaches and nectarines to make this fresh raw tart. Hadn’t made it in a few β¦
2021-08-20: Ugh, this week I’ve been trying not to use screens two hours before bed, including my Kindle, β¦
2021-08-20: π€ This past week I took no-alarm naps on Saturday, Monday and today, all 1 hour and 7 minutes πβ±οΈ
2021-08-19: Did an awesome local date afternoon with DH - went to a new-to-us waterfront park for a dinner β¦
2021-08-10: Pleased with how my latest “sense memory” turned out, about a dayhike through the flower β¦
2021-08-08: I cooked dinner for the first time in a few months today: boxed mac and cheese with sauteed veggies. β¦
2021-08-07: Haven’t done brunch in a while! Used my u-pick blueberries in my fav Smitten Kitchen coffee β¦
2021-08-01: U-pick blueberries today! A heritage berry farm with bushes planted in the 40s - we picked Rubel, β¦
2021-07-30: Granting myself a Major Adulting Badge this week! Submitted a request to keep working from home. β¦
2021-07-24: WordPress users: how do you feel about the block editor these days? I use it on one site and classic β¦
2021-07-24: Today’s brunch: blueberry muffins and potatoes. Subbed buttermilk for yogurt, added nutmeg and β¦
2021-07-13: Library haul π Five graphic novels and a nonfiction. Admit I feel a bit misled by the title Gorgeous β¦
2021-07-11: Spent a sunny afternoon at Padilla Bay. 8000 acres of eelgrass!
2021-07-11: Came back to this blueberry crumb cake for a third time. Realized I’ve been putting in half β¦
2021-07-04: Wanted something different for breakfast, made these strawberry cornmeal griddle cakes. Nice and β¦
2021-07-03: Sea holly is looking its best right now! Bees and other bugs are loving it too. π± π
2021-07-02: Today’s library haul! Four comics, a cookbook and a photography art book π₯°π
2021-07-01: Oops, wore a new face sunscreen without testing it yesterday and my skin turned bright red βΉοΈ β¦
2021-06-17: Led a meditation for my coworkers at lunch today for the first time! I think it worked out all β¦
2021-06-13: Took a drive out to Eastern Washington today and hiked up this river a bit. Cool old growth forest, β¦
2021-06-11: Second library comics haul post-vax! A couple I’ve been looking forward to (They Called Us β¦
2021-06-04: Baked a poppyseed bundt cake tonight. New recipe - I would say too sweet. Usually I make it a rum β¦
2021-06-01: I’m practicing paying better attention to my actual preferences – what my body’s β¦
2021-05-30: Wandered through a lovely rhododendron garden today. Surprisingly few rhodies in bloom compared to β¦
2021-05-30: Went to a great exhibit at the Pacific Bonsai Museum about how Japanese internment during WWII β¦
2021-05-24: I’ve been doing a fun newsletter this spring, picking an outdoor memory to share three photos β¦
2021-05-22: First library haul in a year! Been waiting till I was vaxxed. So excited for comics π I prefer them β¦
2021-05-22: Fully vaxxed today! π Easing in with a non-mealtime hangout with a couple friends this afternoon - β¦
2021-05-22: Saturday brunch: strawberry biscuits redux, fake home fries from leftover sweet potato fries, and β¦
2021-05-18: Neighbor described my yard as a jungle, he’s not wrong… π Maybe this will be the year β¦
2021-05-14: Took too long of a walk earlier and can’t summon the energy to bake, so I’m satisfying β¦
2021-05-11: Made black bean burgers for dinner. Flavor on these was good, but kinda goopy texture. The problem I β¦
2021-05-09: www.niemanlab.org/2021/05/i… At my old job, I brought in baked treats all the time, organized β¦
2021-05-09: Sunday brunch: tortilla baked eggs and homemade granola parfait. π³ Baked eggs were tasty! Might have β¦
2021-05-08: Second crop from my mushroom kit! First crop was accidental - I wasn’t ready to start it yet β¦
2021-05-08: Saturday brunch: my favorite strawberry biscuits, eggs with smoked salmon, and avocado. Usually add β¦
2021-05-07: Second shot πͺ The 25 people in the waiting room are the most I’ve been around in a year!
2021-05-07: π Devoured half of How Stella Learned to Talk yesterday. I don’t even have a dog but β¦
2021-05-05: Been joining in with the Indie Web lately, and am noodling on a mascot. Two ideas have come to the β¦
2021-05-02: Healthy-ish dessert: flourless granola cookies. Used all peanut butter, subbed half a banana for the β¦
2021-05-01: Learning to not covet my neighbor’s plants π Appreciating the brief spring flowers of β¦
2021-05-01: Saturday brunch: mushroom leek quiche and roasted potatoes and golden beets. Keeping frozen crusts β¦
2021-04-30: Stopped at an honor system roadside stand and got a tomato plant on my way home from my walk! π β¦
2021-04-29: I feel like I’ve given it a fair chance, but the new Spotify desktop interface sucks. Who β¦
2021-04-24: Today’s brunch: challah french toast, breakfast potatoes and golden beets, avo and a fried egg β¦
2021-04-23: Your periodic reminder to back up your files! Realized I was missing a whole vacation’s photos β¦
2021-04-19: Took a longer walk than usual and enjoyed some neighborhood flowers πΈπ₯°
2021-04-17: Salmonberry πΈ
2021-04-16: Celebration sushi for our first shots! Thought I could be patient but someone linked me a β¦
2021-04-15: Happy accident: chose a matching palette of coffee table books to have out right now π€π But also, I β¦
2021-04-12: Thanks to whatever gardener pruned this tree into a pleasing shape 20 years ago πΈ Love to go by on β¦
2021-04-10: Pumpkin streusel muffins with cream cheese glaze for brunch today β₯οΈ On the sweeter side with the β¦
2021-04-08: I realized recently how much I’ve accepted physical discomfort as part of professional life. β¦
2021-04-07: Made a moroccan inspired stew last night - fine and healthy but not worth an hour and a half of work β¦
2021-04-05: Hunting bumblebees through the window ππ
2021-04-05: Tulip becoming π· π·
2021-04-05: Native Pacific Northwest plants ππ± I accidentally disturbed a hummingbird on the currant! Lots of β¦
2021-04-04: Tasty creamy mushroom pasta. Added red pepper flakes and a dash of balsamic vinegar. Subbed β¦
2021-04-02: Sword fern submerged in sorrel and strawberry π±
2021-04-02: Sword fern submerged by sorrel and strawberry π±
2021-03-31: Baked buttermilk cornbread with a new recipe, nothing special. I did 2T instead of 1/4c honey and it β¦
2021-03-28: Lightning, thunder and hailstorm here! Really close, less than one second between flash and boom for β¦
2021-03-27: Saturday brunch: fried eggs and potatoes, parsnips and carrots plus a (store bought) cinnamon roll β¦
2021-03-27: Spaced out on St Patrick’s Day but finally got around to making soda bread tonight π Subbed in β¦
2021-03-22: Caught the evening light after work π Thanks Daylight Saving Time! Can we keep you? π€ C’mon β¦
2021-03-22: All the red flowering currant we planted in the Back 40 are starting to bloom! Our neighborhood β¦
2021-03-21: Last Day of My Insomnia Program Finished my fourth (and final) week of insomnia treatment (CBT-I). A whole month of 5 hours of sleep β¦
2021-03-20: Playing Masks tonight for the first time, being a Batman knockoff with evil parents. I’ve only β¦
2021-03-20: Forced myself to go outside and throw some seeds in the garden. Got some pretty pink lettuces it β¦
2021-03-20: Fluffy buttermilk pancakes for the first day of Spring!π³ Blueberries for the first batch too π₯°
2021-03-19: Hellebore in the rain π· π±
2021-03-16: Pulled out the watercolors to play with while hanging out on video chat. I was scared of adding in a β¦
2021-03-14: I should make crisp more often! So much easier than pie or even crumble. Good recipe, not too sweet, β¦
2021-03-14: Wasn’t up for making a pie for pi day but a crisp will do instead π Used some mystery apples β¦
2021-03-14: Somehow it’s been a month since I started my art project email newsletter! Sent my 4th weekly β¦
2021-03-12: Euphorbia is the best plant. I love it all year. π·
2021-03-06: Planted onion starts from a friend and strawberry plugs. Only found spots for 11 of the 25 β¦
2021-03-06: Saturday Brunch Blueberry crumb cake with spicy potatoes and fried eggs. Recipe had me mix the sugar and lemon zest β¦
2021-03-06: Started reading Discovering Dahlias by Erin Benzakein π I pre-ordered and they included dahlia β¦
2021-03-05: I met up with a friend for the first time since last March. Besides one quick doorstep chat, the β¦
2021-03-05: Haha, I’ve been putting it off setting up SSL on my websites for like a year because it was β¦
2021-03-03: A sunny day in Seattle! π±
2021-02-28: Sunday Brunch Made my first breakfast casserole, a mashup of two recipes 6 eggs, 2/3c milk, shoulda skipped the β¦
2021-02-27: Crocuses! π I love seeing all my bulbs come up as winter fades π±
2021-02-27: Saturday Brunch Baked cinnamon streusel oatmeal muffins and made yukon gold hash π³ Dense but still moist. Streusel β¦
2021-02-26: Decided to walk around the block for the first time in weeks. Immediately started hailing, so I took β¦
2021-02-26: Cat has discovered the heating pad π