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Farm Crawl
Chickens at Blue Gate Farm Linden and I braved the chilly and wet weather yesterday to make it out for this year’s Farm Crawl. I will basically take any opportunity I can get to let Linden be out on...
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Slow Cooker Vegetable and Mini Meatball Soup
Up until recently, I’ve been intimidated by my slow cooker. For an appliance that is designed to make life easier, it always seemed so complicated! But I’ve used it twice in the past week and am...
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What the Prairie Looked Like
There is apparently only 1/10th of 1% of the original prairie left in Iowa, which is mind blowing—but we’re lucky that some folks in our state are doing the hard work of restoring some of it to it’s...
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Where We Walk
One of my favorite things about where we live in Iowa is that we’re close to the trails around Lake Red Rock. They are bike trails, but they are awesome for walking and they are pretty secluded for...
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Ikea-Hack Learning Tower
Hi friends! I hope you all had as wonderful of a long weekend as we did. It’s so rare that we have family in town that when we do, it feels downright remarkable! My parents came with a carload (since...
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Bathrooms and Sick Kids
The inspiration for our upstairs bathroom over on Pinterest. We’re nearing the end of the contractor portion of our second bathroom remodel and while I have hours of painting still to do (window and...
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Super Simple Broccoli Soup
Holy moly you guys, what a week we’ve had. As a PSA, I would like to say that if your child has a relentless high fever, is coughing, and has a faucet-like runny nose, get that kid to the dr. to get...
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Kid Craft: Valentine’s Day Suncatchers
L and I did this project together a few days ago, and these heart-shaped suncatchers have totally helped to brighten my mood during this cold and snowy week. They are made by simply cutting heart...
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Sugaring Off in the Front Yard
I have a few friends, both locally and blog-wise, who regularly tap trees for maple syrup, so when we moved into a house last year with a big maple tree in the front yard, I knew that I would need to...
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Pears in Honey
Last weekend we picked a basket full of not-quite-ripe pears from the neighborhood trees that are loaded down with fruit. I have a compulsion to scoop up any free fruit that is offered to us, so we...
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