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German Vegetable Soup with Bacon
Kat made the following recipe for a Soup-er Bowl party and it came out really well! Here's the original recipe. And if you don't read German, here's what Apple Translate did with that photo above.
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Bliss Alta Motionblinds Home Assistant Integration
Do you have a Bliss Automation - Alta Window Fashions roller shade or other device that you'd like to add into Home Assistant? Then this is the place for you! Background Part of de-Amazon-ing my house, or "un-Bezo-ing?", "de-Jeff-ing?" is to control all my
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Shakespeare in the Park
A visit to Durham Central Park slaps me in the face with a Shakespeare quote about wealth that I can't forget.
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Suddenly, a letter
A handwritten letter offering advice appears out of the blue exactly when it's needed most. The response is delayed by a mischievous foe.
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Bread Box Assembly
A finely crafted bread box tells a tale of its own creation, and the people and places that shaped it along the way.
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Just Because
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Home Improvement Landscaping
The previous owner of our property believed in letting nature run its course entirely without human intervention. As a result our front yard had been a long outstanding project that we'd been afraid to tackle. In addition, we had some serious drainage problems that led to standing water
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Home Improvement Porch Project
Kat bought our house around the same time that I bought my condo in 2014, before we even met! It's an amazing property on a large wooded lot with nice privacy and set back a bit from the street in a quiet neighborhood. The house had a great