We’ve become avid porch hunters in the last few weeks, traversing the neighborhood on foot or on pedal in search of porches of a certain vintage from which we may draw inspiration. We’ve taken column designs from here, stair details from there, color organization from the other, and so forth. Today we saw a very [...]
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Sleepy the Raccoon
Posted in domestic, tagged beasties, home on 12 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The gutter guys pointed out this sleepy beastie curled up in the crook of our backyard Douglas-Fir. It was watching them work, but then decided on a nap. More raccoon pics here.
Evergreen Dogwood
Posted in domestic, tagged garden, home, house on 11 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a lovely morning spreading black plastic on the ground under the porch and weighting it down with giant rocks, I took a few delightful hours with a pickaxe and shovel to dig a 97-foot deep hole for our new Evergreen Dogwood tree. Strictly speaking, the hole was about 3 feet deep. But given that [...]
How green
Posted in domestic, tagged garden, home on 26 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anna’s garden is taking over the house. If you don’t hear from us soon, call a florist.


