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  • New Favorite: Bellevue Botanical Gardens

    The kids and Bradley had already been twice before I had a chance to go once.  I heard magical tales of ‘the best zip line ever’, the troll door, the trails and the beautiful plants that are cared for and curated by the many gardeners/docents who tend to the acres and acres of plants. And […]

  • You and Me Babe, Howaboutit?

    An old friend asked for the story of how Tamara and I met. I think she wanted a couple sentences and I crafted about ten paragraphs instead. It was hard to whittle it down since every detail seems so crucial to the core of my life’s story, which you will find below: When I went […]

  • How Does Your Garden Grow? Part II

    Remember this? Well, I’m happy to say it looks a little more this this these days: For weeks we’ve had fresh salad with fresh cucumbers and a side of fresh green beans or fresh peas.  Tomatoes are beginning to turn red and the carrots are beginning to ripen.  Our little vegetable garden has fed us […]

  • Inch By Inch, Row by Row

    We’ve been garden-free for a number of years.  We moved from our home in Bellingham, which was a gardened and landscaped half acre to a yard as small as a closet.  It just didn’t seem worth spending time converting it into something beautiful, especially since we only planned on being there for such a short […]

  • Ready for Summer!

    We have been furiously working on our patio and gardens over here at LJ House in preparation for warmer weather!  If you follow our blog, then you know that before Spring Break we had the patio laid by our friend Javier, then we bought the hot tub and just appreciated that as is for a […]

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