I visited the Santa Margarita Wildflower Festival, a small to-do in a semi-local town. I’ve now got several packets of California-native flower seeds, which will be lovely additions to the existing collection on the property. Thus inspired, I took a few photos of what’s blooming at home right now. (Click to embiggen.) California Poppy Red […]
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Butterflies for My Birthday
Yesterday was my 30th birthday. (More on that later, probably.) To celebrate, Mum and I went to the Pismo Beach monarch butterfly grove. I enjoyed taking a ludicrous number of photos: well over 100 shots. (Not counting the full roll of film Mum took as well; gotta wait to have that developed.) A lot of […]
The Year of the Move, +1
One year ago, I bought my first house. After a lot of changes for the worse, it was my change for the better. To celebrate my house-iversary, I’ve got a little tour to show off what was once a disaster and is now my very own ideal safe place. (Apologies in advance for the less […]
Wonder on a Budget: Nail Polish
This is the discussion thread for the Nail Polish issue of my newsletter, Wonder on a Budget. You can sign up here to get the issues, too. Have you tried your hand at nail art before and, if so, did you stay simple or go complex? What do you think would make for some amazing, probably-physically-possible nail […]
The Year of the Move, Bonus!
I’ll do a nice long post about fixing the place up later, once work on the house has been done. BUT! I can’t resist sharing some photos of the work that’s already happened. (Click to embiggen.) We put in a pad of compacted road base and decomposed granite for the horses. The soil here is […]