The last snow dump at the end of January was heavy and deep.  As we struggled to access the impact, we suddenly realized that two of the large rebar arches that hold the lady banks rose near our outside [...]

We just couldn’t help ourselves in adding the final touch to the kitchen update.  We have always disliked the interrogation-like overhead lights about the prep table so since we were already in a bit of an electrical tear-up, we [...]

Twenty-eight years ago we painted the kitchen walls and cabinets for OUR first time, then over 15 years ago artist and friend Dolores Ashkar infused her unique penchant for artsy-fartsy painting coupled with our color visions to create the movement [...]

The Food Bank crew went way out on a limb this week in tackling what were ‘reported’ to be veal shanks.  By the looks of the size of these monstrosities, maybe they were dinosaur shanks?!  First, we roasted them (taking [...]

Here we are towards the end of January and out come the snow shovels and sidewalk salt, the thundering silence of falling snow, and just a handful of the most intrepid visitors . . . [...]

Time’s fun when you’re having flies is another way of saying that time sort of gets away from us from the inception of an idea/vision to its completion.  In the case of a repaint of the Maid’s Suite Back addition [...]

I honestly had to shake myself when it occurred to me that we have been participating in the Jerome Food Bank every week for ONE ENTIRE YEAR as of the first Wednesday in January.  What an honor and privilege to be a [...]

Every now and again, we are graced with a gifting from a guest who has some treasured object, usually from their family, that they just believe belongs here.  Three years ago, on my home’s 100th birthday, we received a complete place [...]

Two years ago, we began observing three raccoons that always arrived together.  One of them we immediately named Stubbs as he had something not-quite-right with his tail.  Then, a number of months ago, just two individuals continued to visit us. Perhaps [...]

On our mountain, we really notice how low in the sky the sun sits during the colder months and then we lose the sun behind the mountain earlier and earlier. The temperature seems to drop 20 degrees so we savor [...]