by Kelli Donley | Aug 13, 2014 | Happy Hippie, Heirloom Hacienda
With any luck, this will be a vine full of pumpkins come Halloween. I’ve also got a bed of sunflowers going crazy in this heat. Sunflowers are excellent at helping repair soil via phytoremediation. What are you growing? ~K
by Kelli Donley | Aug 12, 2014 | CAOK, Travel
Kindness is a bunny boomerang — send a bit out in the world, and watch it come back in droves. A good friend is spending some time in Europe with her family. She offered months ago to let me stay in their home, near the southern California coast, while...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 8, 2014 | Writer School, Writing
I’ve written two novels. I self-published the first, and am in the process of doing the same for the second. (I’m waiting on edits, and to finalize cover art. The back cover will include, “Best selling author (to friends and family) of Under the Same...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 7, 2014 | Instagram
A few things I’ve saved from Instagram lately that I simply love: Turning an old piano into a hutch? Oh, yes. I just love this. This is my friend, Jen. She is such a creative, and I love her quilting skills. I’m trying to talk her into...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 6, 2014 | Arizona, Community
A few photos from recent walks with Nelson in the neighborhood: Love the early, golden mornings this time of year. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Aug 5, 2014 | CAOK, Heirloom Hacienda
They are in progress. All 20-plus of them. I love this sort of piece work, but it is time intensive. I’m also newly assigned to a big project at work (yay!) and am preparing for a long weekend on the beach (double yay!) So, I haven’t forgotten y’all....
by Kelli Donley | Aug 4, 2014 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Heirloom Hacienda
I invited a few friends over this weekend to turn cactus into jelly. Seriously. (Or, for long-time readers: again.) We made 40 jars of syrup and prickly pear jelly using this recipe from one bucket of pears. It took a few hours, and I was so grateful for the...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 2, 2014 | Nelson
For those needing a Willie Nelson Mandela fix: good news — the rascal is still as adorable as ever. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Aug 1, 2014 | Arizona
Last weekend, we went to the lake. We boarded a fast little boat, skipped across the water, and dropped anchors in a shady cove. Everyone dove overboard, where we bobbed in the cool water for hours. At one point, I got cold. COLD! And had to pull myself into the boat...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 31, 2014 | Arizona, Community, Heirloom Hacienda
This morning, Nelson and I made our rounds in the neighborhood as the morning sun peaked over the eastern Valley’s mountains, greeting us with rays climbing high through wispy clouds. Phoenix in July is, to put it mildly, rather toasty. Today’s high...
