Thrifting!

This is my niece Nikole. She is staying with us for a month. Today, my brother C.J., my son Andrew, Nikole and I went thrifting. We had some great finds! Andrew found an old Stratego board game and some great books. Nikole and I did the whole dressing room thing and found these wonderful dresses. We then decided we needed to have an outdoor fashion show/photo shoot. Of course. ;)

Andrew gave her a rose off of one of my bushes to pose with. What a sweetie.

More of the white "going to church with Granny" dress.

I love this photo...even with the blurring...or because of it.

My little Washington Hippie.

The Black glitter dress.

Such a cutie. She looks so Audrey Hepburn-esque in this one.

"Let Me Be...Alice With You"

"Every so often, we catch a glimpse of ourselves."

- Paula Goldman

I found a tape of my old band The Honeybuckets in our garage. It was a lot of fun to review what I had created with two other people and managed to put down on tape...yes...tape. My brother now records his musically creations with Audacity and posts them on his various MySpace band sites.

I got the most joy out of seeing the poetry that was made inside the songs and the distance I have come from those words strung together and how close I am to them still in the ways of secretive honesty, soul baring and slightly over the top undertones.

Frugal Adventures: Pita Pizza

Homemade food can be fast food...yes!


Pita Pocket Pizza

Ingredients:

• Forgotten pita pocket halves (out of the freezer)
• Left over spaghetti Sauce
• Shredded cheese purchased in bulk from Costco (I hate grating cheese)
• Salt, pepper, dried basil (Andrew feels the need for dried basil on his pizza)
• Fresh basil from the garden (this was my topping)
• Bacon bits (also from Costco to carnivore-up Lucas' pizza)

I split the pita halves into two pieces and then overlapped them to make the round "pizza" shape. Added sauce, toppings and cheese then broiled at 500 for 4 minutes.

I really wish I had taken a picture of these pizzas. My son kept clamoring for more.

Here is a photo renditioning of said pita pizzas from instructables.com

I was also impressed that this makeshift dinner used up freezer and fridge leftovers, was altered deliciously by one of my two basil plants AND was a hit with my son and 5 year old niece.

I Cannot Control Everything...

...only myself.

"A beauty calls to us, a wholeness that we know exists."

- Jack Kornfield

Pourquoi sommes-nous si stupides ?

Automobile Dismantle

Shattered glass

Torn metal

This has happened before

To me.

A deer

Thought it was

a good time to cross

195.

It was wrong.

I love my country

Has been said so many times

And I do.

Please don’t forget

My thankfulness

My sorrow

It is all I have.

Children should have all the rights

Given to adults

To protect them

Keep them as righteous

As we adults are.

They know better what to do with it.

Toy cars

Barbie dolls

Candy

And pleasureable exuberance.

The Only Organic Orchard in Spokane County...

...and the only organic farm on Greenbluff!

Please visit the Cole's Orchard and Farm and support them by buying their fruits and vegetables.

You can read all about it here!

Flooring Conundrum

For the Bathroom?

(See also new sink installed by the husband. The one he bought FIVE years ago didn't fit...hense, we now have this one)

Eliot voices his love for the old 70's carpet...

Now, for the kitchen collection...

One and Two

Three and Four

Four

Two