This weekend a friend helped us take out two trees in our front yard.  When we first bought our house I did not pay much attention to the trees that the prior owners (the house flippers) had planted.  They just seemed like a couple pretty little trees.  A few years later and I am now learning about how invasive this particular tree is....

Sometimes it is the simplest things that can bring pleasure to your day.  Like knitting up a simple little plant matt in natural cotton.  A pleasant result of the remodel is the desire to keep on sorting, purging, cleaning and organizing.  This poor plant that just did not want to flourish has been through the ringer.  It has never liked the corner I...

The phrase "remodeling is not for the weak" is no understatement!  I am happy to say that the first phase of our remodeling adventures is done.  What was supposed to be a week long project started in late October and just finished up this month! In the beginning there was our basement, a finished space where our family room and studio room is...