This last spring break, I took a road trip down through Oregon along I-5, into California to visit Lava Beds National Park and then back up towards Bend and home for a long loop. Before I got to Bend, I took a detour into Eastern Oregon to check out Christmas Valley and a hike I…
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
Editor’s note: it is the month of December and for many bloggers it is the season of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I have dived into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
Last week I needed to venture in Monroe, WA, to pick up some yarn at Ben Franklin. I am at the end of my 2023 year long knitting project, this time a Sophie Shawl based on precipitation (rainy days vs dry days). I was mostly through November when it was clear I was going to…
I have to admit it was only in the last year that I realized I could save things to Instagram as a resource and since then, the number of recipes has grown exponentially! Often it is the idea of the recipe since I would be doing some modifications or sometimes it is just the satisfaction…
In April of 2021, when a weather window opened up during spring break, I drove up to the Mount Baker ski area with hopes of a blue bird day. I have been there more than a few times but the views always looked like this: But I had hope as I hit the…