by Kelli Donley | Oct 22, 2013 | Handmade goods, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver
This weekend allowed for time to sew both Saturday and Sunday afternoon. I was in heaven. I rummaged through a giant box of fabric I’ve hauled around for several years to find a patchwork project I’d started in New Jersey, when my machine broke....
by Kelli Donley | Oct 20, 2013 | Arizona, Earth Mama, Flora and Fauna
The little patio garden that could is chugging away. Specifically, the basil and other herbs: The beans aren’t doing poorly either. And now, thanks to Finny’s thoughtfulness, I’ve got another patio planted with succulents. I hope to propegate them...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 17, 2013 | Arizona, Celebrate!
Fall has finally arrived to the Valley. All the little ants are marching outside to soak up every ray of daylight. All of us. On bicycles. On patios, sipping coffee in the morning and chardonnay in the late afternoon. On foot, in the parks in the mornings —...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 16, 2013 | Kitchen Talk, Recipes
Ingredients: 6 ripe pears, cored 1 cup red wine — pinot noir, or something fruity 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter Directions: Place cored pears in a baking dish. In a sauce pan, whisk sugar and wine, until dissolved. Add butter, mixing thoroughly. Pour over...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 14, 2013 | Arizona, Homebody, Reuse
I am slowly turning our third floor into a sewing room and office. The room started as our catch-all for boxes we didn’t know where to unpack, rolled rugs — purchased for our New Jersey home — with its gorgeous hardwood floors, and stacks of books...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 13, 2013 | Arizona, Blessings, Faith
This week my mom was in town to help take care of family after Wenard’s passing. Coincidentally, she brought her new dog with her — Dixie, and our church was having a blessing of animals to honor St. Francis. I got my crazy love for animals from my mother,...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 10, 2013 | Arizona
A few photos from a walk near my office this week: ~K
by Kelli Donley | Oct 9, 2013 | Blessings
I snapped a few photos this week to remind me of Wenard: JB was their beloved pound puppy who died last year. SB is by gram. LC was Wenard. T is their last initial. This is the step into his workshop. Thank you all for your kind words and messages. We were very, very...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 7, 2013 | Blessings
A week ago, my grandmother’s husband and sweetheart of more than 25 years died unexpectedly. Leonard was a carpenter. He was also a southerner, a pipe smoker, a father, grandfather, sibling and former preacher. He fell in love with my grandmother like a teenage boy,...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 5, 2013 | Arizona, Community, Photography
One Community is a monthly photo project in which participants photograph their homes and communities with a theme in mind. The theme varies by month. The goal is to both showcase similarities and differences in our communities worldwide – and bring us all closer...
