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Urban Blackberry Picking
By Cathy on August 8, 200900I LOVE to pick fruit and berries. I grew up in West Texas , which, although beautiful in a...
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Cupcakery Study: Berkeley and Austin
By Cathy on August 1, 2009I completely understand the urge to say “Hey, let’s go get an ice cream cone,” or “I’ll meet you...
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Some West Coast Color
By Ellen Heck on July 28, 2009We were lucky enough to have several Austinites in the Bay Area this weekend, and there’s nothing better than...
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On Gardening in a Sauna:
By Ellen Heck on July 20, 2009Well, I’m back in California now after a lovely time in Texas. If anything wasn’t lovely, however, it was...
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Our First Souvenir de la Malmaison
By Cathy on June 25, 2009Due to the fact that the birds were enjoying more of our tomatoes than we were, we decided to...
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Yosemite Falls
By Ellen Heck on May 18, 2009Well, we had a great day yesterday. We climbed to the top of Yosemite Falls, the highest waterfall in...
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From Nature’s Palette to Mine
By Cathy on April 2, 2009These zinnias were just pouring over the sidewalk near Ellen’s apartment in Berkeley. Wow, do things ever grow in...
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Distressed Elegance
By Ellen Heck on February 24, 2009What is it about weathered patinas that we find so beautiful? This is a metal gate from a house...
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Tearing Down Somerset
By Ellen Heck on January 15, 2009Lovely day. I tore down empire-sized sheets of cotton Somerset Velvet printmaking paper today and it made such a...