Sometime last week, all hell was breaking loose in my house, I was recovering from a root canal remodel that ended up infected, so for survival sake, I grabbed baby Alastair and the camera and headed to one of my favorite places — the Trail of 100 Giants, a Giant Sequoia redwood grove just 25…
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There is some serious fire power in my kitchen
This stove is powered up and cooking our food — an antique Wedgewood. The burners put out an impressive amount of heat. Who needs a $5K Wolf stove? (Who has $5K or even a nickel these days?) We have had this mid-40s stove for a couple of years, just waiting for a few adjustments and…
The end of summer
The summer garden has been slowly growing the final tastes of summer. We harvested the last of the peppers, summer squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes. The tomatoes are lined up in a sunny window ripening. I miss summer already as we dig in the autumn weeds and get ready to set the next crop.
Teaching children about vegetables – more Frederick crafts
After a business trip this summer, we returned home to a basket of this Frederick-grown produce. Many of the produce items are heirlooms — like the “Cherrybelle radish” in the front right. Heirlooms tend to have higher nutrient content than hybridized vegetables (as I wrote previously). Frederick is excited about his creation and announced that…
Pepper or hummingbird?
A couple of weeks ago Park Seed had a “My Bell Pepper Looks Like Elvis! Photo Contest” seeking entries for strange-looking produce. With one day before the deadline, Frederick and I headed out to the garden to harvest. He found peppers that look like snakes (one “sleeping” and one “moving, pictured below) and one that…
Forest fire excitement
We had live rattle snake excitement last week, we had a guy who parked on top of a rock, and Sunday we evacuated because of a fire. To be accurate, the boys evacuated and I stayed to take pictures. By the time we had the car packed with children and computers, and I managed one…
When among snakes, bring a pistol
I may start carrying a pistol around here though for yesterday’s purpose, a rifle may be a better bet. How do these guys shoot the head of a snake with a pistol? I have no idea, but I was impressed. I was two feet from the snake when I discovered him. We rounded up some…
More Frederick craft: The produce mobile
Seven-year-old Frederick goes through craft phases on occasion. His most well-known may be the Pollan Painting phase. That particular phase lasted for about three days and then he lost all interest in crafts until this summer. Recently, Frederick made the paper mache cow with water balloon udders and this mobile. The mobile features baby Alastair’s…
Wild rose
I’m on the road and remembering some of the pictures from home. This is a wild rose, grown from the root stock of a hybrid rose that long since froze back. Some of the newer varieties don’t hold up well, but the roots they are grafted on to may produce surprises of their own. In…
New “laugh for supplements” giveaway; giveaway results
After writing that last post, I sure do need to laugh. I figure we should work it in this blog one way or another. With the new month coming up, I thought I would change up the supplement giveaway and find more opportunities to laugh. There may be nothing that helps our brain health quite…
Birthday cake like Ma Ingalls may have made (except the white flour and sugar part)
Frederick’s first choice of birthday cakes is those half-sheet cakes from Costco with huge frosting balloons on them. Knowing his preference ordering, we didn’t actually ask him what we wanted this year. I said, “Frederick, how about I make a Kentucky Butter Cake, my favorite cake from when I was a girl, and we have…
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Life After Depression
There really is life after depression. I am so excited by that point, in fact, that I neglect this blog and find fun/quirky projects to do with my family. We live in the Sequoia National Forest in a house (and former brothel) designed by Irving Gill. My 7-year-old son Frederick and I chronicle our adventures at Gill on the Hill when we're not exploring. Frederick posts some of his homeschool projects at "Frankly Frederick."