Welcome to Veranda Beach. Do you have big plans for the summer? I’m hoping ours will involve warm temps and sunshine, both of which have been muy absent for the past week. I actually dragged …
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Welcome to Veranda Beach. Do you have big plans for the summer? I’m hoping ours will involve warm temps and sunshine, both of which have been muy absent for the past week. I actually dragged …
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“I wish it was three years from now.” There are only two contexts I can think of when I’ve ever dared utter those “wish-your-life away” words: When I was fifteen. Whenever we make a change to the …
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Maybe I should just stick to Winter, because so far I am already breaking Spring. After more consistent days of snow on the ground than I’ve seen in years, it finally cracked 70 degrees this …
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Have you met the King of the Jungle…? No, not this one! I mean the “backyard” jungle… (even if your “jungle” is a clay or plastic pot). I get so excited when outdoor gardening season …
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Yeesh! Nothing will make you appreciate a Buffalo winter like building a two-layer DIY stacked stone retaining wall in July! It’s been hot, hard, heavy work; but we’re really happy we did it. 🙂 A bonus: …
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Mr. D&D and I have always loved stacked stone walls. We’ve long been inspired by this very lengthy wall that borders a main road near our neighborhood. …as well as this mortared one in front of …
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