I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Today I’m on the road back home to Oregon from our wintery stay in Montana. We had a beautiful and snowy Christmas in Missoula, and will be inching our way across the snow mounds of eastern...

As of right now I’m sitting in Jeremy’s Grandma’s living room, looking out the window at a very snowy Montana. This is my first Christmas away from home, and while I am definitely going to miss my parents, it’s really great to be able...

I’ve been working on this post for a long time, and am so excited to be able to share this wintery forest venture with you guys today! I wish I could have gotten it up sooner for those of you interested in DIY Christmas...

If you guys remember the roller coaster that was my kitchen remodel, you probably understand why I decided to take it slow with the living and dining room remodel. I wanted to do as much of it myself as possible for budgetary reasons and...

I can’t believe we’re less than two weeks away from Christmas and three weeks away from New Year’s. This year has been a whirlwind of frenzied activity, packed with work, travel, gardening, chickens, dogs, cats, and cooking. If I can say anything about the...

A few weeks ago I went on a camping trip with some friends at Tumbleweed Farm in Parkdale, Oregon. We cooked a ton of delicious food, including this butternut squash chili and some pumpkin pancakes, soaked up the beautiful autumn weather. Later in the...

Back at the end of October I went on a weekend camping trip out at Tumbleweed Farm in Parkdale near Mount Hood. We caught the perfect weekend, it was cool and crisp but dry and the trees all around us were a crazy mixture...

We’ve had some really intense wind storms around these parts lately. I live near the Columbia River Gorge, which is a beautiful area with large hills on either side of a huge river. It has wonderful hiking trails and is green and lush at...

I can’t believe it’s that time of year again; the past 11 months have flown by and Thanksgiving is already over, leaving me with lots to do to prepare for the holidays. Cutting down a Christmas tree, getting an iron fireplace grate to actually...

I have been harvesting *so much* winter squash from the garden lately that I’ve become slightly overwhelmed with what to do with it all. I’ve roasted it and chopped it into cubes, I’ve roasted then pureed it for spreads and fillings, I’ve made soup,...

I’m hosting Thanksgiving at my house for the first time this year, and I’m an adrenaline rush-inducing mix of nervous and excited. It’s just going to be me, Jeremy, my parents, and my aunt, so I’ll be making a small turkey. I already pre-ordered...

I’ve been brainstorming some holiday dessert recipes the past few weeks, trying to come up with something that would go well with custard and also used a seasonal winter fruit. Sounds easy enough, but the more you think about winter fruits, the more you...