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Franklin Mts. Poppies Preservation Celebration
Every year, around the end of March, El Paso and the Franklin Mountains welcome the arrival of the beautiful golden poppies. Most years there are just a splattering of flowers on the fields leading up to the mountains but sometimes, when the conditions are perfect, they are so abundant that it looks like you’re swimming [...]
Cracker Jack Birthday Party
So those of you who are a bit more experienced with birthday parties have to tell me, are they always as crazy as the day leading up to Jackson’s party was?! I had planned on keeping things relatively laid back and simple. I made the pennant flags I was going to use as decoration (visit [...]
Morning Buddy
I’ve been trying all Summer to take a decent picture of the parrots we see during our morning walks. Those suckers are fast! I have no idea where they came from but there’s at least 20 of them. It’s breathtaking to see these amazing streaks of bright green fly across the canals. I’ve tried a [...]
Old Medical Lamp
We’ve been in the market for a reasonably priced floor lamp for a while now but as most of you can recall, we’re a bit particular when it comes to home furnishings. We saw this lamp in the corner of one of our favorite antique stores and well, I had to have it! It’s a [...]
Chalk the Block
Summer Fun
What an amazing Summer it’s been. In what seems like a blink, Jackson has moved from an adorable helpless baby to a sweet mobile little boy. He’s all over the place now! More work for Mama, of course, but tons of fun as well. I’m really quite taken with this little boy. In addition to [...]
Stash
My herbs arrived yesterday! They made my mailbox and entire house smell so beautiful. I bought them from Jen’s Enchanted Garden on Etsy which made things so easy. I just messaged her a list of the herbs I needed as well as quantities and she sent me back a quote on how much it would [...]
Fondue Anyone?
Finally a post on some fun thriftiness!!! I found this cute fondue pot at my favorite thrift store a month or so ago and while I didn’t need another fondue set, I’m always in the market for nice mid-century modern pieces! It just so happens that I had been looking for something to raise my [...]
Jack’s Robot Room
I just realized that I never showed you pictures of Jackson’s room. Too many people worked too hard on this room not to brag about it a little on my blog! We knew we wanted to have a vintage robot theme to the room but didn’t really want the room to look too “theme-y.” Does [...]
Where’s My Napkin?!
Jim and I switched to using cloth napkins daily instead of wasting their pesky paper counterparts. I’ve been a long time fan of vintage napkins so we definitely had enough to put to good use. They don’t get as dirty as I thought they would so we use them for a week and then replace [...]