by Kelli Donley | Mar 21, 2012 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead
I’ve been trying to talk myself into doing some larger patchwork projects. Not quite a quilt, but I have several larger projects in mind I’ve been plotting. Also, I have a growing pile of scrappy pieces of cute fabric that need a good home. Sometimes I go...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 19, 2012 | Colorado, Community, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead
How many of you have heard me say, “I just want a couple chickens?” Most, I’d guess. For years, the story went a bit like this: I want a garden, dog and a couple chickens. Also? I’d like to live closer to my brother. Well. Chickens are all that...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 19, 2012 | Good to Great, Happy Hippie
Dear Kara, Your suggestion at “brights” for our March fashion blog had my heart rate up. I am not a “brights” or a “tights” kinda gal. Those Forever Underage stores? Make me want to run toward Chicos with all my credit cards out at...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 18, 2012 | Nelson
The Chacito is WNM’s best friend. Even if they can’t agree how to share toys. Or the couch. Or the bed. Or kibble. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Mar 17, 2012 | Domestic Art, Heirloom Homestead
Standard chocolate chip cookie recipe + coconut + cashews and almonds + cardamom + cinnamon. The Everything Cookie, to rave reviews ~K
by Kelli Donley | Mar 15, 2012 | Colorado
I’m very hesitant to share, but can’t help myself. Lean a bit closer and I’ll whisper my secret. I know. I know. I’m probably going to jinx myself, but want to hear it anyway? I thought so. Here it goes: this first Denver winter? Please. Not...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 13, 2012 | Arizona, Colorado, Heirloom Homestead
The color of the Arizona desert is not brown or taupe or saguaro green. Nor prickly pear ruby red, nor eggplant Superstition purple, or even the color of the golden omnipresent sun. It is turquoise. A vibrant series of hues found in backyard swimming pools, jewelery...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 12, 2012 | Colorado, Happy Hippie
I received an email last week that was good for a giggle. The Denver Zoo sent a cheeky update about their new polar bear — a 12-year-old male named Lee on loan from the Detroit Zoo — and how March-April is mating season. They might have hinted at how their...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 11, 2012 | Colorado, Happy Hippie
What’s cuter than a bunch of Denver Zoo mongooses napping together? (One little girl nearby exclaimed, “Mama! They’re snuggling!”) A pair nuzzling. Or perhaps, this one who took after my own heart: the full sunshine napper. Nice tan,...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 10, 2012 | Novel
Phew. What a crazy couple of weeks it has been around the Heirloom Homestead. I’ve finished a class on narrative at Lighthouse and have been working steadily on novel #2. I’m in the middle of chapter 14 — what I’d guess is half-way through...
