2013 | Jan 03
warm woolen mittens
4 comments
09
Skyspace
1 comments
11
A hole in the roof
5 comments
13
Night Time Intruder
4 comments
20 22 26
In which A makes this become that
4 comments
30
life in the present
1 comments
| Feb 01 04
the rest of the new notecards
1 comments
06
running water
7 comments
16 18 22
Go! Wall! Go!
2 comments
27
glitter
1 comments
| Mar 01
March
1 comments
04
Sabotage
2 comments
06 09
the (small furry) neighbors
“Yeah, so sometimes we talk about how nice it is to live at least a ...”
13
Love from K + A + IX
6 comments
| Apr 01
April
1 comments
09
maternity leave over
1 comments
12
Seed Starting in Coir
2 comments
15
Bailey's Hot Fudge
“You may have noticed I'm not very good at providing photographs for the recipes I ...”
1 comments 17 19 22
Give up now
3 comments
25
Wholesale Continues
“Do you remember last fall when we were very excited to be shipping our first ...”
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2012 | Jan 01
New Year
2 comments
03
On Death
“Life at HQ makes me think a lot about death. Not people death, but animal ...”
5 comments 05
Tell me what's your favorite color?
20 comments
08
One year later
8 comments
11
I miss the garden
1 comments
13
Winter dress-up
8 comments
16
for Martin Luther King Day
“Here in the States, we're celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
This means kids get the ...”
3 comments 18
little birds in the snow
2 comments
20
painting the kitchen
7 comments
22
Coloring
6 comments
25
Vacation Day 1
4 comments
28
Vacation Day 4
1 comments
31
Vacation day 7 + calendar
3 comments
| Feb 02
Vacation Day 9
2 comments
04
City Perks
3 comments
10
sandals to snow boots
2 comments
12
Life in the present
1 comments
14
Happy Sweetheart's Day
2 comments
16
The return of notecards
4 comments
18
shore birds
1 comments
21
darning
“I'm learning to darn socks. I was completely inspired by Karen Barbé, who can make ...”
6 comments 24
Kirigami
2 comments
27
seed starting in egg cartons
“It's finally time to start seeds again! After months of winter garden dreaming, action at ...”
18 comments 29
Seeds in the mail
4 comments
| Mar 02 05
back outside
1 comments
07
The many faces of cardboard
3 comments
09
welcome back, birds
3 comments
12
Bulbs = Spring
2 comments
14
March food for honeybees
2 comments
16
K inside, A outside
2 comments
19
Enchilada Sauce
2 comments
21
Carpets
3 comments
23
Cahiers (Here they come!)
1 comments
26
Iowa love
7 comments
28
geometry and garden beds
5 comments
30 | Apr 02
a month ahead (and a cahier winner)
“
So if you live in the States, and in particular the middle to eastern half ...”
3 comments 04
and I don't have all the answers
4 comments
06
Iceberg Diorama
5 comments
10
My weeds
2 comments
12
paths
2 comments
16
Heritage Farm at Seed Savers
1 comments
19
Things That Fly
6 comments
21
perennials and fall plantings and volunteers
1 comments
23
Chocolate Chunk Scones
3 comments
25
War
1 comments
27 30
phoebes
1 comments
| May 02
gray is my favorite color
2 comments
04
reptile in the kitchen
2 comments
06
apple grafting
2 comments
08 10 14
Why we smell funny
5 comments
16 18 21
what to do with my brain
5 comments
23 25
life in the present: a thistle
2 comments
30
loud music
1 comments
| Jun 01
happy june
1 comments
04
Where has K been?
“You may have noticed all those not-so-subtle references A has made to what a rough ...”
4 comments 07
The Square Knot
1 comments
10
Trends
7 comments
14
know your weeds - hollyhocks
4 comments
18
our prairie, summer year 1
3 comments
20
birthdays
4 comments
22
mud daubers
1 comments
25
Granola Bars
3 comments
29 | Jul 01
a different kind of nettles
2 comments
03 05
farewell, green hornet
2 comments
07
how we stay cool
2 comments
09
Pickles
2 comments
11 13
splitting the hive
3 comments
15
Current Construction
3 comments
18
sunflowers and goldfinches
1 comments
20 23
the whole wide world
3 comments
25
no rain yet
1 comments
28 30
sounds
“The other day was cool enough that we could keep the windows open, not needing ...”
1 comments | Aug 01
Happy August!
1 comments
03 06
New Notecards!
2 comments
08
renewal
2 comments
13
A Window for the Kitchen
3 comments
15
a new camera
1 comments
20
side plots
“Hello again.
We've been finding it difficult to write blog posts lately. You see, this blog ...”
5 comments 22
Why screen printing? Why now?
1 comments
24 26
getaway
“Have we mentioned my sister Lori has been staying with us?
Yesterday she made me soup ...”
4 comments 31
we're back
3 comments
| Sep 03
Reclaiming the car
1 comments
08
Travels and Stops
“We've been traveling a little lately and enjoying some much needed city time. It's nice ...”
1 comments 13
Trompe l'oeil
8 comments
15
This year's tomatoes
5 comments
17 19
Big News
16 comments
21
Our first wholesale order
5 comments
24
The Wonder Oven
5 comments
26
Letting the chickens out
3 comments
28
scarcity and sufficiency
“Today was a long day.
I don't mean that as it is usually meant. My day ...”
4 comments | Oct 01
Happy October!
3 comments
03
Woe is me, woe is my toilet
2 comments
06
busy
3 comments
09
Niche Markets
2 comments
11
Celebrating National Coming Out Day
“We like to take this day each year, October 11, to acknowledge National Coming Out Day. Often ...”
4 comments 13 15
Here's to heat!
1 comments
22 24
Lentil and Carrot Soup
5 comments
26
on toward winter
“I've been dreading winter.
This week, the weather took a sharp turn toward cold. We'd had ...”
1 comments 28
the Pumpkin Patch
2 comments
30
Kitchen Shelves
6 comments
| Nov 03
We love government. No, really.
2 comments
05 07
Molting
1 comments
09
The zen of pie crust making
7 comments
12
Procrastination
2 comments
15 26
winter studio
2 comments
28
Party vs Adventure
9 comments
| Dec 01
December
1 comments
03 05
Happiness before Success
2 comments
07
Cleaning with suction
3 comments
10
It has legs!
1 comments
12 14
"Any man's death diminishes me"
“I've been reading a lot of old standards these days, as I run out of ...”
2 comments 17 18
When the time is right
3 comments
19 20
my bad mood
2 comments
23 26 31 |
2011 | Jan 07
And So It Begins
1 comments
09
With the Bad comes the Good
“I love showers. Part of the reason we've moved to Iowa and not Colorado or ...”
2 comments 18 20
Selective Modernity
2 comments
24 25
Fake Beef, It's What's for Dinner
5 comments
28
Almost Vegan Pancakes
5 comments
31
on the politics of ordering seed
6 comments
| Feb 02
life in the present
4 comments
05
the frozen pipe saga
“When the whole country dealt with snowstorms and blizzards last week, we were mostly just ...”
6 comments 06 10
The Joys of Adulthood
7 comments
16
How to Grow Alfalfa Sprouts
3 comments
18 20
an ode to multimeters
1 comments
21
the seed box
3 comments
22
Caramel Corn
2 comments
25
Enter: Clothesline
1 comments
26
party food
1 comments
| Mar 01
Selling What You Make
3 comments
03
ordering bees
1 comments
06
Divide and Conquer
7 comments
09
our kitchen wall (before & after)
6 comments
11
On Official Business
2 comments
13
our bathroom (before & during)
2 comments
14
who gets to be this happy?
3 comments
16
To-Do List
2 comments
19
Making Hummus
2 comments
21 23
germination
2 comments
25
our bathroom (walls and tiling)
2 comments
28
Signs of Spring
4 comments
30
How to Become a Vegetarian
2 comments
| Apr 02 09
home again home again jiggity jig
2 comments
12
seattle trip part 1 - the city
2 comments
13 14
Bluebird Love
2 comments
16
Growing Fruit
4 comments
18
The Trail of Breadcrumbs
3 comments
20
Seedling Update
1 comments
21
Chicks!
5 comments
22
a sad morning
4 comments
24
Anatomy of a beehive
2 comments
26
Handspun yarn
6 comments
29
wind
2 comments
| May 01
May flowers
2 comments
02
Garden math
12 comments
03
Welcome home, honeybees!
8 comments
04
Accidents
1 comments
05
the chicks at 2.5 weeks
7 comments
07
welcome, popsicles!
9 comments
08
Quickie Masala Dosa
3 comments
09
And so it begins
12 comments
10
my first hive visit
1 comments
12
prairie planting plans
1 comments
14
Little Alexander HQ
8 comments
16
ode to a lilac
2 comments
18
Atlantic beautification
3 comments
20
Letter to a Quadruped
3 comments
21
Thunderstorm Colors
3 comments
23
The Heat Loving Plants
5 comments
25
the Great Escape
1 comments
27
today was a quiet day
6 comments
28
Step one - position cat
9 comments
| Jun 01
June Update
1 comments
03
haircut
2 comments
05
the smoker and the gentle bees
1 comments
07
no mow
6 comments
08
wildlife
1 comments
09
OUR OWN GRAIN MILL!
5 comments
12 14
mmm Indian comfort food
2 comments
16
flowers and grasses
2 comments
17
chicken tractor
1 comments
19
Amateur Archaeology
5 comments
21 22
Beekeeping Bonus
6 comments
23
American Fruit Desserts
2 comments
25
How to read the weather
1 comments
28
welcome home
3 comments
30
Know your Weeds - Motherwort
1 comments
| Jul 01
July July
2 comments
03
Serendipity
3 comments
05
mouser
4 comments
07
a garland for Lori
5 comments
09
Clove Muffins
5 comments
11
the horizontal garden
2 comments
12
Clouds
1 comments
13
trouble in the north hive
“I had a hard morning.
I checked on my beehives, which is usually the best part ...”
2 comments 15
not chicks, hens.
1 comments
16
Pinecone color pallette
1 comments
18
we are not alone: cameo curio
3 comments
20
pests
2 comments
22
wealth of lived experience
3 comments
24
dealing with the heat
5 comments
25
RAGBRAI
4 comments
27
Here's to Failure
10 comments
29
clouds and swallows
1 comments
| Aug 05
Where we went
“Hello, folks.
We've been computer free for the last week. This does not reflect a new ...”
2 comments 08
We're back.
7 comments
09
Our week in food
9 comments
11
Bull-O-Rama
3 comments
14
What happens in the night...
2 comments
16
Queenless
8 comments
17
grasshopper treats
1 comments
19
Out of Control
8 comments
21
Deep Fried Butter on a Stick
7 comments
23
Monarchs
2 comments
24
Tomato Cobbler
13 comments
25 26
Wheat and what remains
2 comments
27
Stencils
2 comments
28
flour math
10 comments
30
Abundance
2 comments
31
On the Grid
2 comments
| Sep 01 02
Getting Out
4 comments
03
The end of summer and the end of baby birds
1 comments
04
Ethics, integrity, and other big words
3 comments
05
Breakfast
1 comments
08
Dried Tomatoes
3 comments
10 13
Ten Years Ago
2 comments
15
First Frost
5 comments
19
Tagging Monarchs
1 comments
21
Old Fashioned Peaches
3 comments
23
Autumnal Equinox
2 comments
27
Omaha
1 comments
29
Semi-Original Artwork
2 comments
| Oct 01 03
The Attack of the Soybean Beetles*
3 comments
05
Farm Crush
1 comments
07
after the ninth month
“The wind blows today.
It is warm, from the south,
and shakes the dry leaves
from the quickly emptying branches of ...”
2 comments
The Post Office in our small town
1 comments
09
It's fall, I swear.
6 comments
11
For National Coming Out Day
“In case you didn't know, we wanted to tell you, on this, October 11, National ...”
6 comments 13
Sopapillas
2 comments
15
How to make an envelope from a pasta box
13 comments
17
canning
8 comments
19 21
Why do artist have so many pencils?
4 comments
23
my new honeybees (and honeybee sex)
1 comments
25 27 29 31
Halloween
4 comments
| Nov 02
We're ready, November.
2 comments
03
first snow
7 comments
05
B is for Botulism
5 comments
07
Roles
6 comments
10
chiles
3 comments
12
comments
6 comments
15
gleaning
7 comments
17 19
Sneak Peek
3 comments
21
Christmas Lights
3 comments
24
Happy Thanksgiving
“Here's our menu:
1st: dried cranberry and provolone tortellini w/pesto
2nd: sage squash soup
3rd: pear w/balsamic reduction
4th: ...”
6 comments 28
after Thanksgiving
1 comments
30
Our homemade table
6 comments
| Dec 01
December
6 comments
03
Grocery shopping
2 comments
05
mice. and cats.
2 comments
07
Eggs Florentine
1 comments
09
flower seeds
1 comments
11
cross country skiing
1 comments
13
on asking for help
2 comments
15
Muffin Bread
3 comments
17
Ornaments for the birds
2 comments
19
The Holiday Rush
2 comments
21
Honeybees in winter
2 comments
23
On Gouache
1 comments
25
"And to the earth be peace"
“As an atheist, Christmas and I don't always get along. But I love the message ...”
2 comments 27
Gingerbread Muffins
3 comments
29
Changes
2 comments
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2010 | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Nov 18
On the Road
“We stop for an oil change.
The man finishes with our car, and says, "You're in ...”
4 comments 22
Local produce in the winter
2 comments
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