It's that time of the year when we start planning our summer camping trips. We are a little more than an hour from the gates of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks but we've never actually camped inside the borders of the parks themselves and I don't think we ever will. Why? Well, last July …
While having mast cell disease severely limits what I can eat, drink, inhale and expose myself to in general, I can do a few things on my "unsafe" list as long as I follow a very specific protocol. For instance, I can eat pumpkin swirl cheesecake as long as I only eat a small amount …
Yesterday was not a good day. Whatever it is that trips my trigger this time of year was working overtime so I spent most of my day fighting the urge to put myself into a Benadryl coma and stay in bed until next winter. Of course I had to push through, so I did, and …
The sunset last night was hauntingly beautiful! These photos don't really do it justice and it's hard to see here, but the mountains to the west of us are full of snow again and the white made them really stand out as the sky turned orange, purple and red... Hopefully we'll be heading that direction …
A few years ago, one of my biggest goals for the near future was to hone my photography skills so that I could take some excursions deep into our "backyard" to get the photos of a lifetime. I mean, I already have some pretty good pictures I've snapped over the years but they are almost …
Empty Nest Homesteading 