When you have north of 100 trees on your property, leaves are inevitable. Thankfully I have a willing helper.
Operation Acreage
It had bugged me for the year and a half that we’ve now been in the Duvall house, that the …
Duvall
Orange Wheel Barrow
I can never say enough about having some mechanical assistance around the yard. Even with little stuff like mulching the …
Help around the house
… and why we want a boy to follow our footsteps. … ok, maybe I’m not sure what’s happening in …
April Showers
… and snow and wind and more rain and freezing temperatures and fog …. but I guess that’s not how …
Trilogy
Jaws, Rambo, Home Alone… some movies were never supposed to be sequels let alone trilogies. The same is true for …
Spring!?!
March 21st of 2018 marks the first day of spring. Or at least that’s what the calendar says but this …
Cleanup
In the aftermath of all these trees coming down, I faced a substantial yard cleanup. Literally tons of logs and …
Unwelcome Sequel
Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, life changes, new houses… these are the anniversaries we celebrate in life. This past week marked the …
Not always roses
We’ve made great progress in the house in the first months we’ve been in there. Slowly the mountain of boxes …
White Stuff
Since I was a kid I loved snow despite it never snowing where I grew up. On occasion we would …
# 200! – Christmas Lights are Up
Wow! 200 hundred posts!!! I had done a lot of decorating the weekend after thanksgiving including getting the tree up …
Not so Dirty Work
I thought it would be a mess. Especially after the poor report that we received on the health of our …
Rusty Trailers Matter
I’m finally getting good use of my $150 utility trailer. I had to re-pack bearing which is about the messiest …
Milestones on our pathway…
This week one year ago we looked at, made an offer and negotiated a contract on our home which we …