One year during the holidays we put together this tiny model bookstore. We had fun, but it took a lot of time.

model bookstore

Finished reading: Freedom’s Fire Box Set (audio) by Bobby Adair 📚 I picked up the 5 audiobook box set on Chirp for $5. It’s standard military space opera, but the protagonists can’t seem to catch a break until the end of the last book.

Our home has lots of houseplants.

This analog watch was given to me by my beloved wife back when she was my girlfriend - about 45 years ago.

Analog wristwatch

It may not seem like much now, but once the weather warms this becomes the central location of our lives. It is where we eat and drink, and our days begin and end. We have never called it a portico, but it seems to fit the definition.

portico

📷 Waiting for a connection. March Photoblogging Challenge

Power ports on devices

📷 shiny This is a bowling trophy awarded to an ancestor in the 19th century. Years ago we would lend it to a local congregation to use in their communion service.

bowling trophy

📷 I made several of these gimcrack yard lights five years ago from some wood scraps and cheap solar lights. About half of them still work. March Photoblogging Challenge

solar lights

📷 My daily ritual. March Photoblogging Challenge

coffee setup

📷 From a walk my wife and I did last summer along the Washington-Idaho border.

Forest landscape

The 2023 gardening season has begun with a tray of pepper varieties. 🌶️ 🫑

indoor plant stand

📷 Old time domestic engineering March Photoblogging Challenge

bottom of an old treadle sewing machine

📷 Zip tie on a gate next to praying mantis eggs. March Photoblogging Challenge

Zip tie on a gate