Jasper, Banff, Kootenay, & Glacier

Athabasca River in Jasper National Park

Lake Louise from the Plain of Six Glaciers in Banff National Park

Near the Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park

Grinnel Glacier Overlook in Glacier National Park

Sushi at Home

Our treat to ourselves on the first Sunday home from our camping trip.  Made possible by fresh ikura and salmon from Loki Fish at the Ballard Farmers Market.  Also, no sushi meal is complete without green tea.

August Garden Update

Our garden is really coming along.  We've picked two massive cucumbers, some blueberries, mint, and chamomile.  Our chives are also constantly being used! Everything is growing so well.

We've also added lingonberries and "Pink Lemonade" blueberries to the mix!

Project: Plant Bench

Our plants were starting to take over all our chairs on our back porch.  So Zeke built a wonderful bench for them! I'm hoping eventually he'll make another one for sitting!

Kitchen Cafe Curtains

Since we're not planning to move anytime soon, we've started to make little improvements to the house here and there.  Replacing the old (and broken) mini-blinds with cafe curtains was our first step.

We bought a nice warm wood colored curtain rod and some cotton fabric from our favorite fabric store. Admittedly, this project took us two attempts.  The cutting board we have wasn't big enough to easily measure the fabric and we had to do all the cutting on the floor (not the easiest place to measure things well).

We followed some basic instructions on making the 3 different kinds of edges you need for a curtain of this type and learned that ironing folds before sewing them makes such a difference!

Next up, curtains for our big living room window.

From Our Garden

Our Wedding Is In A Magazine!

Screen Capture from Eco-Beautiful Weddings

Our wonderful and awesome photographer Claire submitted our wedding to Eco-Beautiful Weddings, an online & print magazine specializing in green and DIY type weddings!

Check out the Summer 2011 Edition here, we're on page 86-88!

And yes, we know there is a little typo in there...