by Kelli Donley | Sep 25, 2014 | Domestic Art, Heirloom Hacienda, Recipes
I am in a recipe rut. I have 8 down pat: Mexican meatloaf, chicken enchiladas, shepherd’s pie, chicken curry, 16-hour pulled pork, turkey pot pie, turkey meatballs with yogurt sauce, and risotto. What is your favorite go-to dinner recipe? (Extra points if...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 16, 2014 | Domestic Art, handmade, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Hacienda
My friend Adam (and I’m sure others quietly) has long made fun of my love for the holidays. I love Thanksgiving — the prep, family time, football, food, days off of work and cooler weather. And I love Christmas, although less so since my family has...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 28, 2014 | Arizona, Happy Hippie, Heirloom Hacienda
Transplants taking off by the front door. Not sure what this plant is, but it blooms tiny bright pink flowers that look like sea creatures. Pumpkins, trying. Sunflowers, in heaven, reaching for the heat. Lots of succulents and one surviving pepper plant. I am looking...
by Kelli Donley | Aug 23, 2014 | Arizona, Community, Heirloom Hacienda
This week I went to a Hatch chile roasting party at the Tucker’s house. The smell of roasting chiles might be my very favorite. (And I may have awkwardly said more than once during dinner that I would, “wear that scent as a perfume! No. Really!”...
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 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....
