Fall is just around the corner, and just like last year, I again have a pumpkin tutorial to share with you. I guess you could say I am a little obsessed with pumpkins! Did you know that in Turkey, there is a beloved dessert made from just pumpkin and sugar? It is one of my favorites!…
DIY Cedar Planter
When Handan asked me to build two planters to put between the garage doors, I jumped on the idea. Finally, I could build something again! Look, don't get me wrong - mailbox makeovers, lamp post makeovers, pantry makeovers - yeah, they're all well and good, but Jeezum Crow, I wanted to make, not makeover!…
DIY Fall Flower Topiary and Hanging Flower Basket
Of all of the places I have lived overseas, only twice did I fall in love with autumn: in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and in New England (USA). My English is limited, but even if it weren't, I would still have a hard time describing the beauty and harmony of the autumn colors in both of those…
Midsummer Vegetable Garden 2017
It always happened without warning. Sometimes it progressed slowly, so I was lulled for a time into thinking, maybe it's not really happening. Maybe it's just me. Sometimes it happened swiftly, overnight, and there was no doubt in my mind that something had gone terribly wrong. It was always something different, something new. And it…
DIY Planter Basket {with casters}
I know I've been falling behind with my blog posts, but I promise I am up to some excellent stuff! We just signed a contract with a builder, and my long-awaited dream will soon be a reality [insert drum roll]: we are getting a new deck! YAY! I've been dreaming of a big, dark brown…
Lamp Post Makeover
Scene: The Navage Patch front yard, two summers ago. A young youngish middle-aged man kneels before a slanted white lamp post, trowel in one hand, packet of dried bulbs in the other. The package reads, "Lily of the Valley," but for all the middle-aged man understands from bulbs, it might as well read, "Valley of the…
A Solo Motorcycle Ride Across America – Part 6
CONTINUED FROM>> Day 7 Continued Sunday, June 10, 2001 Somewhere in eastern Kansas I was in high spirits after my fleeting encounter with the Lone Rider. Kansas's beauty revealed itself to me, then. Where before I saw flat and featureless plains, I now saw the sprawling Heartland reaching out in all directions to meet the…
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