“A Matter of Damage Control”

So said Dr. Eric Post in an interview for NPR’s “Science Friday” in September of 2009 (and I thought it worked for Blog Action Day 2009). I was listening to this as I drove home from work. Not only did I find his research fascinating (you can find the interview here), but his [...]

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Bento Box Bliss

In August I began another quilt, this time for our living room. We enjoyed using the picnic quilt so much that I was excited to have one in the living room. I’ve been holding onto some of the fabrics for about two years now, while some were from a recent Fat Quarter Swap [...]

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Ride On

I’ve updated  the sidebar for “L1 rides to work.”  As another school year has begun in upstate/western NY, my lov-er-ly partner has begun a new bike commute odyssey.

Last year he had a goal of bike commuting 90 days.  Sadly he was only able to accomplish 1/3 of that goal because of the way I scheduled [...]

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Everything Old is New Again

Like this, our new Picnic Quilt. It is constructed entirely of vintage, thrifted sheets. Some of those sheets have been used in multiple projects. Some were waiting for this project to finally happen. There were several designs for it in my sketchbook before I even began to cut. Sadly it [...]

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Nature Rocks!

School is almost out here. In many places summer vacation has already begun. The past couple of summers we have had theme weeks to organize our time. This summer we’re having days like “Museum Monday” and “Adventure Wednesday.” We also hope to spend tons of time outside in the amazing park [...]

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May’s Energy Report: A Milestone

Finally, finally, we had a month where our average kwh/day was under 10!!  We were so happy, practically doing a little jig over that.  Our water consumption was up in May, but we did start watering our gardens, so it was expected.  It will probably be even higher in June, but we’ll see as it [...]

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Better Late Than Never: April’s Energy Report

I was swept away at the beginning of May with end-of-semester doings, friends visiting, painting, and the heady excitement of green all around me.  For those of you waiting on the edge of your seat for May’s energy report, I apologize!  Here it is:

Electric

Gas

Water

326

41.5

176

11.27

1.42

6.1

All three were down from last month, gas by about half.  Yippie!  [...]

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Element of Air: The Power of the Wind

Photo taken through a window, car moving ~65mph, thus low quality
This past weekend we had a wirlwind trip to Virginia for a visit with a friend. Unfortunately most of the pictures from said trip were taken by the kids in the newer Air & Space Museum as they ran about like crazed beings. [...]

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Making It Our Everyday

How many of you out there are excited about all of the “green” and “eco-friendly” we see mainstreamed today?  Anybody have any negative feelings about it? Sometimes I do. . .

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My Bliss: Freecycle!

I heard about Freecycle on the Greencraft board on Ravelry awhile ago.  Have you all heard of it?  Any stories to share about Freecycle?  I signed up, was amazed at all the offers and wanted posts, and even gave something to a wanted post over the winter.  Today I picked these up from an offer [...]

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