AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
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Off the Grid: Backcountry Camping
Tom and I have always loved camping. One of the things that first drew me to Tom was his love for adventure and the outdoors, and one of the things I appreciate most about our relationship is being able to share those sorts of experiences together. From annual camping trips to Manistee (Tom’s been camping there…
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Happy Puppy OR A Dog and His Dinh
It’s true. I’ve been slacking on the blog. Part of it may or may not be due to the fact that we got our first family pet a few months ago. Tom and I had discussed getting a dog over the years, but somehow this winter it suddenly became a reality. We found a ~10…
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Brew Blog: Schmohz Brewery
We did a little impromptu trip to Schmohz Brewery last weekend before heading over to our friends’ house for dinner. I didn’t actually know that this brewery was there. When we walked in, I had the immediate impression that I somehow walked through a time vortex straight back into the 1980s. I mean, really. Wood…
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Brew Blog: HopCat
The next stop on our brew tour was HopCat. I think I had actually only been to HopCat once before, and it had been a very long time. I think Tom’s been a number of times, but we hadn’t been there since we began our “Brew Tour”. We had said months ago that we needed to…
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Super Mario Baby Shower, Plus DIY Onesies and Mobile
My brother and his wife are due to have their first baby at the end of March. They are expecting a baby boy, who will be our first nephew on my side of the family. I can’t wait to meet him. My brother decided on an awesome theme for the baby’s nursery: Super Mario Bros.…
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Bloom Where You're Planted
I just finally gave away my 14lb bowling ball from high school. I can’t bowl at all now, let alone with that thing! There was a sermon I heard at church recently about unmet expectations. Sometimes (okay, more like always!) we expect one thing out of life and before we know it, we find ourselves in a place that…
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Fall Gardening & Yellow Salsa
My best Brandywine tomato of the year – just harvested! Now that it’s fall, I feel like my garden should be winding down; but, in fact, I have quite a bit still coming in. In part, this is due to the fact that my tomatoes did not begin to ripen until very late in the…
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The Truth About Carrots and Rad Radishes
I learned something interesting about carrots the other day. Apparently, they are biennial plants, which are only supposed to flower every other year. So, carrot seeds that you buy for your garden should not grow into flowering plants. I found this fact particularly interesting since I planted carrots for the first time last year, and…
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Garden Trials and Treasures
I’m growing chipmunks now!! Gardening is hard. Every year I am learning new things, but it also seems that each year presents new challenges. My first year of gardening, the bunnies ate all of my peas. So, we put up a fence, and I had not seen the bunnies back until this year. The fence…
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Garden Wars: Identifying the Culprits
Somebody keeps eating my corn; I don’t think I’ll be getting any this year.. It’s happening again. Someone is snacking in my garden. Snacking on tender green shoots that should be growing into corn, beans and sunflowers; snacking on the tops of carrots; snacking on peas; and even snacking on a potato plant. I’ve been…
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