Retro Roadtrip: Little American Hotel Resort in Cheyenne Wyoming

What we love about Mid-Century travel is feeling you’ve been thrown back in time to a period where motor travel was cool, lounging by the pool was the most fun you could have as a kid and Motels took guests seriously and didn’t just provide you with an impersonal place to sleep. Little America in […]

Heavy with Peach – or "Millions of Peaches, peaches for me"

Wow, is our Peach Tree preggers. I’m about to pick them, but wow, wouldn’t that be uncomfortable for a tree! I remember that 9th month! Anyway, things have been crazy here, Rex has come to work with me (Widget Inc) and so we’re officially self employed. I’m convincing him to share my love of blogging […]

Meanwhile….The Meltdown!

Ick, blecky dirty snow. We’re sick of it. picture missing I’m posting this mainly as a description of why very little household stuff is going on right now. my passion is our backyard and it’s disgusting. This is also so my Mother can see that we still can’t fully park in front of our house…you […]

Thanks for the info on my Pom Pom Junipers!

Thanks to Big Mall Rat (Scott) for his research on my bushes. Even after I gave him a hard time for cutting his down (I do understand hazards when you can’t see out of the driveway!). I’m just thrilled to know what they are. However, I can’t answer the question about when they came into […]

Our bushes and trimmed and neat

You all may remember our bushes in front of our house: Here’s what a professional does with them. Not that I did a “bad” job, but hoo-whee, I think they look terrific like this! Anyone know what these bushes are? I tried to do a search on evergreens and bushes and can’t seem to find […]

Our dream: the "right" 50's patio cover.

Unlike a lot of my houseblogging friends, we’ve been in our house 5 and a half years now. We gutted and remodeled the kitchen and we still have several projects in the house that have stalled for practical reasons (like we need our bathrooms) or because of cash flow (we’d love a huge deck out […]