I've decided to suspend this blog. I'm going to make it private as it is a good journal of photos, and sources for me. Thanks to all...

Years ago, I came across a design book by architect Sarah Susanka called The Not So Big House . Susanka put into words what I had been think...

"Carry laughter with you wherever you go. " ~ Hugh Sidey More shadow shots at Hey Harriet

. ..said the spider to the fly. A Hobbit house at the Oregon Garden . Lily pads and a place to rest weary feet. A green roof gasping for bre...

Got plans this Saturday? If you're anywhere remotely close to Eastern Washington, I highly recommend Suzanne St. Pierre and Scotty Thomp...

I'm taking a desert friend to my former hometown of Silverton for a tour of the Oregon Garden . We're going to stay overnight at the...

I recently found an Apartment Therapy article regarding the use of a transparent welding curtain as an indoor sunshade. Being the wife of a...

We finished the patio area! Before shot: After shot Happily, it doesn't look like the back of a trailer anymore.... Last year before we ...

"Let freedom never perish in your hands." ~ Joseph Addison Vintage flags and image - Beryl Lynn

“ The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher Free of the leash - elation se...

Patio is coming along, but we ran out of pavers....and then it started raining. Trux is looking mighty unhappy, but he wouldn't come ins...

I just finished a charity design project full of collaborators. The High Desert Design Council, specifically Mindy Lyman & Martha Murra...