Carrot cake screams springtime to me. Maybe it's because all I see around my neighborhood is an overabundance of bunnies. Regrettably a few of the "cute" bunnies ate the...
I absolutely love it when local fresh strawberries are in season. It means summer is really here (even if the weather feels like "Juneary"). Strawberries mean the 4th of...
About 10 years ago, my husband and I installed a Little Free Library (LFL) in our front yard in the Maplewood neighborhood of Edmonds. We were early adopters of...
Far too often relegated to Halloween doorstep décor and overused as a coffee drink marketing device (think Pumpkin Spice Latte), pumpkin and all its health benefits deserve so...
For me, healthy eating involves gardening. I am grateful that I have a yard where I can have a small vegetable garden. We are still eating berries, kale, squash,...
"Snowmaggedon" or "Snowpocalypse" came into our area with a roar. If you were like me, you were housebound for several days due to the condition of our local roads....
I recently had surgery. I had my initial consult with the surgeon back in October 2018. I needed the surgery, but kept putting other things and other people in...
This is the time of year when our eating and drinking habits can get out of control easily. During the holiday season, overeating can be a serious problem, leaving...
We have entered the season of soup. Halloween arrives. The rains begin. The leaves fall from the trees. Daylight savings time comes. Definitely "soup season." I love it! One...
We just celebrated the Fall Equinox and it's apparent that the days are getting shorter. For many of us, our children are back in school. The rhythm of my...
Although summer does not officially start until June 21, many people think of Memorial Day as the beginning of our summer season. For me, it's when I pick my...
We are starting to see lots of new sprouts emerging from the ground in our garden. The raspberries are leafing out and the strawberries are waking up. I just...
The seed catalogs are starting to arrive in my mailbox and the Seattle Flower & Garden Show just ended...this definitely means that I need to start planning my vegetable...
January is almost gone and we have two more months of winter. When all we seem to be getting is rain, rain and more rain, then comfort foods beckon,...
