Remember Cole’s story? Though he touched thousands though his sickness & death, I still cannot think of it without wincing. His Dad, Aaron, wrote a book about his experience and it is now on sale, you can purchase it here. Cole… I Love You to the Moon and Back Aaron Dean Ruotsala, 24-year-old husband, […]
Cole…I Love You to the Moon and Back
Gina is one of the three photographers working on the Friday Harbor Collection. I am honored that she agreed to use her gift to capture the essence of this new collection. Her photos far exceeded my expectations and it just amazing to me that she is new to photography.
Shop the Friday Harbor Collection Save 10% on preorders with code: FH10 offer expires June 25th, 2009 The Story behind the inspiration: Over two years ago we visited the quaint harbor village of Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands. It is about a 3 hour drive and 1 hour ferry ride from Windy Ridge. […]
A few things will be changing with this collection. We are moving toward stocking all styles rather than offering “made upon order”. Once a collection is sold we will no longer produce it, so grab your styles while you can! This means no more lead times. We are only producing a small amount of the Friday […]
When the kids started eagerly volunteering to help me with the cleaning I knew Levi had something up his sleeve. When Levi walked in with 6 gallons of ice cream & cigars I started getting worried. He surprised me with balloons, roses, cake and a party with a bunch of family. Thank you, family, for […]
Another hasty self-portrait. Today marks my 37th year and Hazel’s 28th week here on earth. Today I feel the same as yesterday, like my cup runneth over. I have much to be thankful for and couldn’t ask for more. Except maybe a new fridge or central vaccuum… Or maybe upper arms that don’t jiggle… Perhaps […]
If you like Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana soup as much as me, you will love this recipe. Uncle Tim made a big pot and brought it along on Sauna night. He is now my favorite uncle. Zuppa Toscana Indgredients: 1 1/2 cups spicy sausage(Uncle Tim used good old Jimmy Dean ground breakfast sausage and it was […]
On the way home while trying to decide where to stop for the night I caught a glimpse of a sign on the side of the interstate that read: Historic Iron Horse Hotel, next exit I frantically ordered Levi to “turn here! turn here!”. In the nick of time we found ourselves winding through quaint farm […]
Three beautiful bucks prancing around in our fields this morning. Made me wish I had a nice zoom lens.
It’s no wonder I can’t control these love handles. Hazel Jean keeps craving stuff like this. Yes, it’s her fault. I made this grilled goodness for lunch today. It is much tastier than it looks in the photo. This recipe is a variation of a sandwich I found in the Better Homes & Garden […]