Last weekend it finally happened again… the irrigation ditch started running. So once again while summer is starting and the temperatures are rising we are blessed with an abundance of water all around us. So it is time to start thinking about the rubber ducky race. Get your duck out now or start thinking […]
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Well it has happened. And it was a nail biter. I guess I shouldn’t expect anything less on this roller coaster we’ve got ourselves on. Reverie might not have been the best name for our business, at least not the development part of it, since I have not had one single moment for
With spring in full swing our resident red-tailed hawks seem to have a full nest again and so we find ourselves awakened most mornings by the loud screeching of the male patrolling the property. Earlier in the spring we would often see both of them on the hunt, sitting on the tops of
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Parsley is usually in a supporting character role, and a predictable one at that. We are all very familiar with its competence at bringing a final pop of vibrancy to a dish, or adding color to monochromatic presentations, but when is the last time you had a dish with parsley as a primary ingredient? Can
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Last week we found ourselves with a free weekend after some things got canceled last minute and this normally tends to result in working on the garden etc. First we went to the farmers market in Auburn to get those things we do not have ourselves yet. Auburn isn’t around the corner and when
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This time of year is always a challenging one in the kitchen for me. We’ve been eating greens for months, with still a few more months to go, but I’m already running out of ideas that pique our interest and taste buds. The apples I put on top of our morning
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It is really happening, after 8 years we are selling our home in Oakland. It is with sadness that we are parting with this lovely house that we both have put so much of ourselves in but it is time to move on and completely focus on Reverie. The past
This is the time of year when I’m planting like crazy. A few weeks ago I planted the first batch of seeds in our makeshift greenhouse in the basement that will grow into summer veggies, such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. I spent some time over the winter scouring the internet for sources of unusual
The past few days we have had some wild storms come through and the first night the wind was so strong that we were worried that one or many of our big trees would fall victim to it. Saturday evening the power in our area went out and as far as I could
I have some really good news to share about our permitting process. After we were told in November, 2015, in response to our special use permit application, that we couldn’t do a retreat center under our current zoning, we were waiting for the County Board of Supervisors to vote yay or nay on the
