Single sinks may save space, but they make efficient dishwashing so much harder, particularly if you're ditching the dishwasher too, or don't have one to start with. After years of single-sinks, i'...
Funny....i don't really think i have synaethesia, although perhaps it helps explain why i perceive some conversations in shapes and spatial arrangement.
A lot of my sketchbook is filled with...
Canadian.
Shoes off in bad weather. ....or, if it's really cold, and the shoes are clean, then wear them!
Couldn't care less in good weather....in fact, dust from shoes is easier to cle...
From BC:
In July/August, fresh caught chinook salmon.
In August, tomatoes, peaches, and apricots.
In September, raspberries and blackberries.
Then i freeze, smoke, and can e...
i've been freezing, canning, and drying fruit my whole life, and i've never frozen any fruit with sugar.
Berries get frozen on a cookie sheet, in flat, single-layer rows, then tossed into f...
i work long (5 day) shifts out-of-town all summer long. My garden is on a friend's property, and she waters it while i am away.
The deal? Whatever is ripe, minus the root crops, when i'm no...
i use a french butter keep (butter bell) that i've made.
Changing the water every few days definitely helps keep things fresh, and i think that leaving much of the ceramic unglazed al...
At home - traffic, the occasional sirens, and people talking on the sidewalks below.
At work - wind rushing through huge pine trees, birds, crickets, loons, coyotes, mosquitoes, and th...
Might not be the right kind of groundcover for a porch or patio, but some friends of mine have a little lawn grown entirely of a low, creeping mint. It's AMAZING....it stays green even in really ba...
Slowdown has it nailed. Zarazame, many of us absolutely do not need bread, milk, and eggs every week.
In university, i kept my food budget to between $50 and $75 a month consistently, for al...
When my family built our house 20 years ago, my mom designed what we all call our 'bake center' - a recessed 2.5' x 4' space with a slightly lowered counter (we're all short!) to work on baking pro...
i totally get the proudest warm-fuzzies when friends come over for the first time and (almost always) exclaim either "Cutest.Place.Ever!" or "It's SO like you!"
...mmmmm....success!
Love it!
i really don't think that Coupland is referencing things that would ACTUALLY be in the house (jerry cans, etc) but i do find myself identifying with those objects and the cert...
i'm back in Vancouver, in all it's grey misty coziness. Sleep in, then hand-knit wool socks, cozy sweater, and a cup of hot espresso on the patio (which is full of green and growing things) while ...
Kyle, thank you for using "I"...not the royal 'we'.
Your home is fresh, funky, inspiring, inviting, and personal, and it was good to read a post that felt equally so.
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This is how i make my paneer (with lemon juice, like Kaete).
Single sinks may save space, but they make efficient dishwashing so much harder, particularly if you're ditching the dishwasher too, or don't have one to start with. After years of single-sinks, i'...
Funny....i don't really think i have synaethesia, although perhaps it helps explain why i perceive some conversations in shapes and spatial arrangement. A lot of my sketchbook is filled with...
Canadian. Shoes off in bad weather. ....or, if it's really cold, and the shoes are clean, then wear them! Couldn't care less in good weather....in fact, dust from shoes is easier to cle...
From BC: In July/August, fresh caught chinook salmon. In August, tomatoes, peaches, and apricots. In September, raspberries and blackberries. Then i freeze, smoke, and can e...
i've been freezing, canning, and drying fruit my whole life, and i've never frozen any fruit with sugar. Berries get frozen on a cookie sheet, in flat, single-layer rows, then tossed into f...
errrr.....72 FOOT long peninsula?
i work long (5 day) shifts out-of-town all summer long. My garden is on a friend's property, and she waters it while i am away. The deal? Whatever is ripe, minus the root crops, when i'm no...
i use a french butter keep (butter bell) that i've made. Changing the water every few days definitely helps keep things fresh, and i think that leaving much of the ceramic unglazed al...
At home - traffic, the occasional sirens, and people talking on the sidewalks below. At work - wind rushing through huge pine trees, birds, crickets, loons, coyotes, mosquitoes, and th...
Might not be the right kind of groundcover for a porch or patio, but some friends of mine have a little lawn grown entirely of a low, creeping mint. It's AMAZING....it stays green even in really ba...
Slowdown has it nailed. Zarazame, many of us absolutely do not need bread, milk, and eggs every week. In university, i kept my food budget to between $50 and $75 a month consistently, for al...
When my family built our house 20 years ago, my mom designed what we all call our 'bake center' - a recessed 2.5' x 4' space with a slightly lowered counter (we're all short!) to work on baking pro...
i totally get the proudest warm-fuzzies when friends come over for the first time and (almost always) exclaim either "Cutest.Place.Ever!" or "It's SO like you!" ...mmmmm....success!
Love it! i really don't think that Coupland is referencing things that would ACTUALLY be in the house (jerry cans, etc) but i do find myself identifying with those objects and the cert...
Calgary, AB: 50/50 tie between Kawa and Deville, both coffeshops Fairs Fair, second-hand bookstore Community Natural Foods, grocery/household goods
i'm back in Vancouver, in all it's grey misty coziness. Sleep in, then hand-knit wool socks, cozy sweater, and a cup of hot espresso on the patio (which is full of green and growing things) while ...
Kyle, thank you for using "I"...not the royal 'we'. Your home is fresh, funky, inspiring, inviting, and personal, and it was good to read a post that felt equally so.
So fresh and funky!! Love it
Wood-fired bread oven, and a cozy armchair to read my cookbooks in