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View fullsize Labor Day + 2019 Stendig Calendar sale! I’ve got 8 of my absolute favorite calendars left in the shop for $40. They usually retail for $50 and are a limited run, so Stendig fans start buying up now and it’ll sell out quick. Be sure to pic
View fullsize Gone fishing with the boys in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas. We’ll be blissfully offline for a couple weeks! Have a great summer, friends!
View fullsize I SAID, “Bow down, servants!” not “Bath time, servants!” Attila the Hen has #tinydictatorproblems. . . . . . #eichler #homestead #chicken #labrador #adoptdontshop #summer #california #eichlerhome #midcenturymodern
View fullsize The Yanni or Laurel of herbs. We can’t figure out this flavor. I swear it tastes like mushrooms 🍄. T says it tastes like walnuts, and the kids say green apples 🍏?! Which is it? #yanniorlaurel . ‘Mushroom plant’ (Rungia klossii) is
View fullsize ✨ Bedroom corner, 2.0 ✨. . We installed our new lights and we now have non-wobbly lights that work! Eichlers are notoriously difficult to light. There are no basements or attic space to run wires. Wood paneling shows all marks, too, so we have to be
View fullsize Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. {Barack Obama} . What was it like before Orange Joffrey? Here’s a quote from President Barack Obam
View fullsize I really do carrot all. Do U? . . . . . #weshouldallcare #familiesbelongtogether #novemberiscoming #stayrooted
View fullsize Mama lizard has a bun in the oven 🦎! I got so excited, then Mr. T said there’s a lot of “pregnant” lizards sunbathing in our backyard. . How rude of me! Maybe girlfriend had an extra burrito. . We haven’t used pesticides for
View fullsize ...and they got married , had babies, and lived happily ever after... 🎊 We “married” two hives when our queen left. During today’s hive inspection we found bae-bees (“brood”) and their nursery (“brood comb”)
View fullsize #TBT to when Erica @variegatedgreen and I went to visit Karen’s @destinationeichler ‘s mid-century inspired remodel. I love seeing my friends’ projects because they are so ridiculously talented. . The way both Erica and Karen design
View fullsize Farmer Photobomb + Woman Crush Wednesday 👩🏼‍🌾❤️. I laughed out loud when I downloaded my photos of The French Laundry ... and found Kate strutting across the courtyard. Best. Photobomb. Ever. . My favorite feature of French Laundry’s inn
View fullsize Hungry people are my people. If you love to savor, take in all the flavors, suck the marrow out of life…if you are hungry, y’all are my people. . We grow for flavor on our small patch of urban homestead: rainbow glass gem corn, organic b
View fullsize Plant Lady is the new Cat Lady 🌿. . I keep adopting stray plants! I mean, how can you not take home mini bell peppers and chives for $2.50? It’s impossible. Why fight it? . PSA to all my hungry friends: Heirloom organic plants for $2.50 at @wh
View fullsize Spent the weekend with these hot chicks. #sundayfunday . . . . . #modernhomesteading #modernhomestead #backyardchickens #urbanhomestead #chickensofinstagram #wyandotte #ameraucana
View fullsize It’s a hot day so Bette, Brenda, and Bronte put on their yelllow and black-striped bikinis and are sipping drinks by the pool today. All the cool bees are doing it 😎 🐝 . . On hot days you’ll see more bees at your pool, wet lawns, or pon
View fullsize Bolstering the bedroom. Confession: we haven’t fixed our bedrooms for 13 years. This one has been decorated with a mash up of hand me downs and mountains of laundry bc Eichlers have zero storage space. . So when T bought this new pillow for my
View fullsize ✨Lemongrass Sass✨. Last night we made Thai chicken satay skewers using our lemongrass and Thai basil. It smelled heavenly. . The kids are learning about their Thai culture through food. I can’t teach them how to speak Thai, but food is a univer
View fullsize Find that beauty in your life, hidden in small treasures outside and unexpected moments. . #mondaymotivation #ericatanov
View fullsize Dream house tour. Earlier this week, @variegatedgreen and I visited this modern renovation by fellow Eichler owner @destinationeichler that was just listed for sale. The details were so beautiful. Swipe right to see a virtual house tour. . My favorit
View fullsize T and I found a seed packet of “green meat” daikon in the back of an Oakland hardware store yesterday. OUR UNICORN 🦄!! We’ve been searching for this rare radish for months. . Green Meat radishes taste like watermelon 🍉 , green app