As we come closer to mid September, and into fall harvest season (at least for us) the zucchini and tomatoes are still going wild and I start to feel a bit like Forrest Gump and Bubba talking about shrimp except substitute the word shrimp for zucchini (Zucchini cake, Zucchini loaf, zucchini noodles, “mom, what’s for…
I kind of took a break from thrifting this summer, I was working more on clearing and decluttering in our home more than anything. We have a pretty small house and over the years we have accumulated a lot of stuff. We still have lots of stuff and I’m still decluttering, but I stopped by…
One room I haven’t really shared in the almost two years we’ve been here is our dining room and what I have done so far to update/personalize it to our taste. Ok so these first two pics are of our “before” which is actually on move-in-day The picture above isn’t much of the actual dining…
I have a confession to make. Sometimes, trying something creative in my home doesn’t quite work out they way I planned it. Gasp! And yes I’m going to share my little failure on my blog. Say what?! Last year, just before Christmas I had an idea to cover an entire wall in thrifted vintage music…
Where did July go? Seriously, because I swear I just blinked and it was gone! Just showing a little update of the garden today, I’ll warn you, there are lots of weeds! But first a quick little look back at last years garden. Wow! I love looking back at these old pics, makes me realize…
We have ducks! Yes we have ducks and they are so cute and funny and fun to watch. There are two females and two males and the females have given us a few delicious eggs already. Did you know ducks are great to have in a garden or orchard as they LOVE to eat slugs…
June is such a busy month, isn’t it? From school winding down and endless field trips and fun days. The garden is really ramping up and going into full production mode (especially the weeds ugh). The days are nice and long so you feel like you want to cram more and more in. It’s exhausting…
Hello! So in the last post I mentioned that my hubby and I went away for a bit and while we were away I was excited to check out the Cloverdale Flea Market. I have to say that I was a little disappointed in it only for the fact that there wasn’t a whole lot…
Hello! Here we are and you want to see my homestead garden! I took these pictures the other day and it was a morning after a couple of days of rain. It was just warming up again (it has been super hot here already!) so there was a lot of moisture in the air making…
Hey there and welcome to another Thrifty Thursday where I share with you some of my favorite thrift finds, whether it’s at a thrift store or garage/yard sale or flea market etc. Feel free to share some of your favorite thrifty finds in the comments! This week I have a few art pieces I discovered…