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going solar at home?
We’ve been in our house since 2008, and it seems like we ask ourselves the same question every year: what do you think about getting solar? In the beginning, we thought it would only be a couple of years before we…
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I didn’t buy a blue sofa so I painted a bench blue
It all started a few weeks ago when Mr. M and I were deciding on some new furniture selections. The decision was mine to make… and one of the options on the table was a gloriously green/blue sofa set. The…
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little gardens for little girls
This year, Miss L has taken over the task of gardening outside. For her birthday, she received a nice planter box with al the dirt and fertilizer (oh yes friends, we went with heavy duty manure this year) needed to…
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create your own solar lantern
It’s getting to be that magical time of the year where the warmth of the sun is enjoyed long after the sun sets, and the cool Delta breeze makes its way into the valleys. I might complain about the 100+…
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creating a rainbow out of clay
When we moved into our house over four years ago, the front yard landscaping wasn’t exactly too spiffy, as you can see in the photo below. There was a garden bed. And grass. But our house definitely lost the…
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