Behold the juice. Since I got my new juicer, I’ve been experimenting with every juiceable ingredient I can find around here. This concoction resulted from the veggies and fruits pictured below: carrot, celery, beet, parsley, cilantro, lemon, lime, green apple, and ginger root. It was really delicious, and I got such a swirl of energy […]
The garden is slowly but surely growing. Our little plot (second from top) is comical with its gigantic tomato cages protecting tiny tomato plants. It’s hard to see, but Zia has one pink petunia blooming there. We have a bumper crop of spinach, and the red romaine, green leaf lettuces, collards and kale are growing […]
I have a new juicer! It’s a Jack LaLanne Power Juicer, straight from wonderful Walmart. I’ve named it Jack, of course. On second thought, Jack might be a girl, so I think I’ll call it Jackie. I’m working through some spleen/pancreas/digestion issues right now, so Jackie seemed like a good investment. I juiced twice on […]
Earlier this spring I did some illustration work for Meg McElwee. She is a sewing pattern designer and the creative mastermind behind the Sew Liberated blog and pattern shop. After doing the instructional drawings and outer envelope line drawings for a couple of her patterns, I’m excited to see that they are now printed and in […]
Some of our favorite craft resources are used craft books we’ve snagged from garage sales or library book sales, or even those cheap kids’ craft books from the clearance section of Barnes and Noble. I keep them in easy reach for Zia, and when she finds something that catches her fancy, we drum up the materials […]
