Inspiration at Stratford Ecological Center {Wordless Wednesday}
by Rachel • March 28, 2012 • Family, Featured, Gardening & Pets, Home School, Travel • 1 Comment
Images from an afternoon at Stratford Ecological Center March 26, 2012. 1) baby lamb 2) chicken coop 3) hens protecting eggs 4) u-pick greenhouse 5) giving garden sign 6) goats and cows 7) Rachel and sheep pen 8 ) Lil petting cat 9) cernal pool 10) mayapple 11) spring beauty
Kitchen Tools You Do NOT Need {Friday Five}
by Rachel • March 16, 2012 • Family, Kitchen Renovation • 17 Comments
Can I ask a favor? I am a finalist in a food photography contest on Feastie. If you have a second (no registration necessary) can you vote for ‘Beach Food in the Bahamas’? I would really appreciate it! Wanting a distraction from client work and house work, I sat down last night to spend...
Read more →For Sarah on Her Thirtieth Birthday
by Rachel Tayse • March 2, 2012 • Family • 4 Comments
When I planned our trip to San Salvador Island, I neglected to note that my sister Sarah turns 30 while we are away. In lieu of giving her good wishes in person, I share this list of 30 reasons I’m glad Sarah is my sister. 1. You were a really cute kid. 2. You...
Read more →Cold Smoked Meat with the Hillbilly Hamhouse
by Rachel Tayse • March 1, 2012 • charcutepalooza, Family, Fun or Funny, Home & Family, Meat • 1 Comment
The hillbilly ham house hootenanny concludes today. Catch up on Part One: Why Build a Hillbilly Hamhouse and Part Two: How to Construct a Hillbilly Hamhouse. So there she was, in all her glory. I ran her for a couple weekends to churn out some smoked meat to give away for Christmas. I poked...
Read more →Constructing the Hillbilly Hamhouse
by Rachel Tayse • February 28, 2012 • Family, Fun or Funny, Meat • 3 Comments
Rachel’s dad Mitch is contributing to the blog this week with his Mark Twain-esque story about making a hillbilly ham house. Start with Part 1 where he reasons out why to engage in the project. Today’s part 2 reviews the construction process. Fer me, makin’ Christmas presents has jest one rule—I gotta use stuff...
Read more →Why Build a Hillbilly Hamhouse?
by Rachel Tayse • February 26, 2012 • Family, Fun or Funny, Meat • 5 Comments
While the Hound family is vacationing, Rachel’s dad is taking over the blog with a hillbilly hamhouse hootenanny. Stay tuned all week for the full story. The thing is, I’s spose to make me something for to give away at Christmas. That’s what it started out as, ennyhow. I’s made sum burnt-wood pitchers in...
Read more →To San Salvador We Go!
by Rachel Tayse • February 24, 2012 • Family, Travel • 6 Comments
By the time you read this, we’ll be flying to San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. San Sal or Watling’s Island is a 36 square mile karst island in the Caribbean. It is a relatively remote place. Other than an exclusive Club Med resort, there are very few tourist spots beyond the miles of...
Read more →The Sweetest Valentine's Day {Wordless Wednesday}
by Rachel Tayse • February 15, 2012 • Family, Holidays, Recipes & Meals • 2 Comments
1. devil’s food cake in Alex’s grandmother’s copper mold 2. Alex’s sweet sriracha garnish for our lunch quesadillas 3. Lil’s heart shaped lunch in my new Fiesta bowls 4. Lil dressed as a ‘mail girl’ delivering cards 5. 30 before 30 gift to my sister: 30 cans of cat food 6. delivery number 3...
Read more →Sparkling Love
by Rachel Tayse • February 14, 2012 • Family, Holidays, Home School • 3 Comments
Love is: -Saying yes to buying glitter glue and the most shimmering paper in the craft store -Patiently cutting hearts by hand -Making a list of people you love who need a Valentine -Totaling the list to 24 and then remembering more people you love -Spending three days of craft supplies strewn all over...
Read more →Love-ly Books {Book Hounds}
by Rachel Tayse • February 10, 2012 • Family, Read • 10 Comments
Valentine’s Day is a moment to tell those we love how much they mean to us. Our family likes to get into the loving spirit by reading picture books. Our favorite stories have beautiful illustrations and themes about companionship and friendship. Books say things that we sometimes can’t put into words. They start conversations...
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