Rebecca

Chutes of an abandoned ore dock, viewed from below

A tan pit bull sitting in front of a fireplace decorated for Christmas

Most helpful Christmas assistant.

Incredible

An ominous band of clouds stretches over a green field with a run down barn

#SummerStorm #UpperPeninsula #StormClouds #Michigan

Curved garden beds in front of an off-white Victorian house with rainbow bunting on the porch rail.

Okay, June.

#OldHouseLove #Zone5aGardening #Pride

A stretch of shoreline fading into hazy sky and water

The Lake Superior shoreline disappearing into ether a couple of weeks ago.

#UpperPeninsula #Michigan #CanadianWildfires

A top down view of a poppy with bright red petals and a dark black center.

Sorry, just wanted to show everyone in the world this poppy.

#Poppy #Bloomscrolling #5aGardening

😭😭😭 This is what holds me back from working on some of our big windows. They are in desperate need of repair, but some of these wavy glass panels are like 4 feet tall and I would lose it if I break them.

A white chaise lounge in a wood paneled room with a painting of a windmill hanging above it

I’ve really been trying to save money for some outdoor projects this summer, but I think we can all agree that this $20 chaise lounge was an essential purchase.

#ChaiseLounge #WoodPaneling #OldHouseLove

A footed glass bowl filled with candied violets

A child’s hand dipping a violet in aquafaba

Violet flowers drying on a sheet of paper towel

Got a million things to do around here, so obviously we made candied violets.

#CandiedViolets #CookingWithKids #PoorTimeManagement

A pit bull sitting in front of a garden bed with tulips and forget me nots

Don’t worry. He’s here to help with the weeding.

#Pitsky #Petsky #Gardening #NiceGuy

A white painted sleeping porch filled with houseplants, a cruiser bicycle, some chairs, and a deer skull

I don’t know. Do I have too many plants?

Also, I picked up a cute curb bike across the street.

#Houseplants #Plantsky #SleepingPorch #HistoricHouse #OldHouseLove

Something we “may” value 👀

Good luck

I’m sorry to hear that

A super haunted plastic snowman ornament inside a wall cavity

I also just remembered that I put this horrifying antique snowman ornament inside the half wall when I boarded it up. I cannot wait for someone to find this when I’m dead in 50 years.

#OldHouseLove #Surprise #DefinitelyCursed

I was feeling kind of bad about how long it’s taken to fix up the back entryway, but then I found these pictures of what it was like shortly after we moved in 😬

#OldHouseLove #DIY #OldHouseHorrors

Snow on the branches of a low growing spruce

Living that Upper Michigan dream.

#Snow #UpperPeninsula #SnowInMay

A half painted room with construction adhesive all over the wall and peeling paint on the floor

Can I finally finish this lead intensive project I abandoned two years ago when I got pregnant? Your guess is as good as mine!

#DIY #DIWhyyy #OldHouse #OldHouseLove #OldHouseRepairs #Yikes

A cutting board with a bunch of ramps and a knife

Signs of the season.

#Fiddleheads #Ramps #Spring #Foraging #ForagedFoods

Fence panels and a small bird house with badly peeling white paint.

You know, just over here gearing up for a cruel summer of addressing horrific deferred maintenance issues in this 145 year old house.

#OldHouse #OldProblems #DIY #OldHouseLove

Rows of rainbow sprinkle covered sugar cookies

Just the happiest cookies.

Confetti Cookie recipe by @smittenkitchen.bsky.social

#Baking #Cookies #Sprinkles #ConfettiCookies

A handful of bright green white spruce plugs.

Obsessed with how friendly these little white spruce seedlings look.

#Trees #Conservation

The worst! But it looks incredible!

Snowdrops, crocuses, and squill in a blue mason jar sitting on the sill of a leaded glass window

My son picked these sweet spring flowers from the yard.

#Snowdrops #Crocus #Scilla #OldHouse #DirtyWindow

Trees and shrubs flanking the banks of the Escanaba River

#EscanabaRiver #UpperPeninsula #Michigan #Spring #TroutFishing #Naturesky

Lake Michigan shoreline with very low water level

#LakeMichigan #Shoreline #UpperPeninsula

Fangorn Forest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings was the first fictional forest that won my heart.