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Who we are? Farmers M and H McTruong – East meets West to make our own style. We are weights and yoga, Pinterest and ESPN, soy and nonfat, Superbowl and Puppybowl. We are flip flops, puffy vests, dining out, eating in, George Strait, Snoop Dogg and jammies all Sunday. Our farm: modest urban with big […]
Read MoreI recently came across this great mural of inspiration during a morning hood walk. Jam! Granted it is not berry season here in Seattle, but I did make some tasty blackberry jam this summer, right before ripping those obnoxious thorns out of the ground (actually hired someone to do that, who I am I fooling). […]
Read MoreThis week we said goodbye to Lilihen, named after our top niece. Our most reliable layer, year after year. A Leg-horn mulato, queen of the roost, who quietly lead by example, maintained pecking order and was resilient beyond belief. Lilihen survived two encounters with our dog, lead the flock to safety from a hawk attack, […]
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Etiquette Roulette Time: Courtesy of Amy Vanderbilt, Miss Manners, Smokey & Yogi Bear Eleanor Roosevelt would say: no one can make you go picnicking without your consent. Only YOU can make a picnic Fabulous… Source: Amy Vanderbilt’s 1952 COMPLETE Book of Etiquette (p. 309), Miss Manners 1938 Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (p. 134) & Random […]
Read MoreIn follow up to my January 23rd post about promoting culture, in the form of yogurt, here is a post about taking it to the next level – Kombucha. So beyond a beverage I enjoy, What is Kombucha? Pronounced – kŏm’bū chah (kobooocha) In a nutshell: Effervescent fermentation of a sweet black tea Who does […]
Read MoreDon’t get me wrong… I have been known to be a tad competitive. Not at sports though – I had to have special after school T-ball instruction in middle school, learned to skip AFTER my little brother and self-selected to be the girls basketball team manager in high school (read: chief hair braider, statistician and […]
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Odds & Hens : Ramblings. Creations. 