by Kelli Donley | Jun 27, 2011 | Celebrate!, Colorado, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Rainah’s first birthday cake — a reminder that my ambition and ability rarely match. That said, if there was ever a time for a sloppy, obviously homemade birthday cake, better now than when she can remember it! ~K
by Kelli Donley | Jun 25, 2011 | Colorado
This weekend I had a chance to meet yet another amazing woman who I have corresponded with for years — but never met IRL. (For the longest time, when I read that abbreviation I thought, “Why are so many people meeting in Ireland?”) Tina from Santa...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 22, 2011 | Colorado, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead, Nelson
Today, my family expanded to two. I am so very pleased to introduce the first official mascot of the Heirloom Homestead: Willie Nelson Mandela. A bit of Americana and Africana by heart but Welsch terrier by heritage. (Not so unlike his mama.) I found him in a shelter...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 21, 2011 | Colorado, Happy Hippie, Journal
Have you heard about the great woolly mammoth discovery in Snowmass, Colorado? Well. We happened to visit during Ice Age Days (featuring such fun events as “sloth races! costumes (and presumably, irony) provided!”) While you couldn’t visit the site...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 19, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Photography
I took a road trip with friends this weekend to Aspen and Snowmass. It was great to explore a new piece of this glorious state. Around each corner was some great shot — something bright, aesthetic, eye-catching, gorgeous. We climbed Independence Pass, curled...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 14, 2011 | Colorado, Community, Handmade goods, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Homestead
I left a few of these on neighbor’s doors and handed out a couple others to those I could catch in person; my parents are still friends with neighbors they had in their very first home after getting married. There is something endearing about knowing who lives...
