Shield your skin this summer
When I received an email from the PR department at Skin MD, telling me all about their Skin MD Natural line and their super hydrating Shielding Lotion, I was really intrigued. The winter was rough on my hands; and I’m sure that any housewife will agree that washing dishes, gardening, cleaning and so on can […]
Capturing Flowers
Ah flowers. Definitely one of my favorite things to photograph. Many flowers appear far more delicate and soft when photographed than they do in real life. Or maybe the naked eye just doesn’t see all the fine details so well until it’s all amplified. So as you’ve probably guessed by now, the theme for You […]
10 Electrical Things You Never Knew You Could Fix Yourself
I don’t consider myself extremely handy — and when it comes to appliances and electronics, I tend to be less than effective at making repairs. But I have been known to break some electronics in rather notorious ways. I guess maybe my problem is that I seem to know just enough to get myself in […]
E. coli and growing your own
The last few weeks of shopping here in Germany have been interesting. You’ve likely heard by now that in Germany there has been an Escherichia coli (my favorite bacteria, BTW, because of the amusing name) outbreak and for about two weeks now, no one has had a single clue about where the source of the outbreak […]
Woof Wednesday: Frequent Questions About Newfs
Hi there, Well, I know it’s been a little while since my last post. But I have been busy trying to keep cool in the summer heat and just loosing as much fur as I possible can while tracking in dirt without end into the house. Needless to say I’ve been keeping mom very busy […]