estate sale Saturday

I would not move into just any crooked old house. But I would move into this one.

the internet never forgets

Woe be the rapid-cycle-change young homeowner who dares to googlemap her own house. Because especially if your fixer-upper is located in a sleepy, scrappy corner of suburbia not often traversed by the mapmobile,… Read More →

bringing in the light

House oldification continues. Another ten light vintage door is salvaged and ours. It’s a slow process– old doors are tricky to install and need to fit the frame pretty exactly. It makes it… Read More →

strawberry preserves

…and how the making of them gradually becomes a total horror show. My slasher flick of a kitchen is testament to the brave fight the strawberries put up. There are bad ends out… Read More →

Fixated

I  bought a new light for the kitchen: Bill installed it. All was well. Then I bought a second light fixture for the kitchen. It’s from Slovenia!  Bill installed it, albeit in a… Read More →

what to expect from a hive of your own

Or, Collected Thoughts from a Painfully New Beekeeper When your bees finally arrive, they will look like this: One massive gravity-defying pile. No chaos, no buzzing, no fuss. And when you pry open… Read More →