We’re smack in the middle of rhubarb season. Have you picked any up yet? I can’t resist the dark red color of rhubarb stalks, and love pairing its tart flavor with something sweet.
Today we’re bottling up that pink + tart goodness in a compote. This will keep in your fridge for weeks and perfectly preserves this early summer gem.
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We have a great summer dinner for you. It features dandelions for the appetizer, salad, main dish, and dessert, and is the perfect summer feast to celebrate the start of summer!
Continue readingMany Wednesdays this year we’re checking in to share how we’re reducing our environmental impact. Some of these ideas are big and require a bit of effort. Others are super small and simple, like this one. But we believe that they all make a difference.
Ready for today’s suggestion? This one may make you laugh.
Continue readingThere’s no doubt about it, we are a biking family. Did you see our ride in Rocky Mountain National Park? That was 4 years ago, but guess what? We just went on that ride again this spring!
Calder’s the intense guy you’ve passed in your car; the one riding up the steepest of mountains and making it look like it’s no effort at all. In my heyday, I biked all of Philly & Boston and was so proud when my car would sit unused for a week at a time.Thanks to the generosity of my mom, we were early adopters of the TAGA. When we moved to Boulder, C added an extra basket so that I could do all of my grocery shopping and errands via the bike. I have such fond memories of getting to know our new city by riding the bike paths with Alex! I would still bike everywhere if I could, but kids and living on the mountain make it a challenge. Continue reading
With the summer season upon us, we’re excited to share this colorful patio upgrade.
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In a previous post, I shared the stuffed rhino, Whip Horn, that I made for Luc. Today I have a couple more cuties from the Edward’s Menagerie.
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Like many of our Waste Less Wednesday suggestions, this one is pretty simple.
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Oh Colorado, we love you and we love snow. We’ve lived here for 7 years now and are fully aware that March and April are our snowiest months. But even we can be fooled by the promise of summer the moment we experience our first 70F weekend in March.
Then comes a big snowstorm, and we’re reminded that it’s still ski season! We ski on those bluebird days, so happy to be in the mountains. Remembering that Colorado winters aren’t bad, they’re beautiful.
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April is National Poetry month. Admittedly, I don’t think of myself as needing a special month to wax poetic (wink wink) about the nature-inspired poetry books that we love. But apparently I AM the type of person that needs a national initiative because I hadn’t put together a post sharing this collection until now.
There’s a wide variety of subjects on our list of favorites. Insectlopedia that focus on insects to Old Elm Speaks that highlights trees. One of my absolute favorites is When Green Becomes Tomatoes. But I also get so excited when someone will read Joyful Noise with me. Every poem in that book is written for two readers making one poem. It’s just a pile of beautiful poetry.
It’s supposed to snow in Colorado this week, so let’s dream of summer.
What do you know about the natural cycles of the plants and animals where you live?
Rothrock State Forrest early spring, before the Mountain Laurel blooms