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The Best Tea for a Cold: Red Tea Blend

Sometimes, the cold bug get us. That’s when I get to making the best tea for a sore throat, which also manages to keeps a the cold at bay and symptoms from worsening. The best tea for a cold is this blend of loose leaf teas including red bush tea, marshmallow root and liquorice root.…

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Make Your Own Natural Wreath with these DIY Wreath Ideas

Making your own natural wreath is so easy! You will see that I’ve only used items that were either foraged from nature around us, dried from our garden, or given to me earlier in the year as in flower bouquets. The Base of a DIY Wreath All Natural (Grape Vines) Start with the base of…

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A simple barn Christmas in the country

This year is a simple barn Christmas in our country side. decorated with warm strings lights, surrounded by books and potted plants at the base. We love living on top of a quant horse barn! It is as magical as it sounds. We know it is a privilege to live in this beautiful place, and to live here in a Christmas season is very special.

How to make a 1 bedroom suite designed for you

A 1 bedroom suite designed for you and your specific living activities, can take a bit of trial and error to get just right. I’ll show you how we arranged our 1 bedroom suite, and explain my thought process to help you plan your suite’s perfect set up. As you test out what works best…

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Fall in the Pacific North West never disappoints

The fall season in the Pacific North West never disappoints in both beauty and action. Our Pacific North West delights all of the senses. The sweep This year is our first year renting on the farm, and it is our first year to witness the fall season in the countryside. Surrounded by farmlands and trees,…

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Welcome to the life of figuring things out from the perspective of a young married couple.

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We want to reap the benefits of acquiring new skills, eating rich-tasting foods, thinking up solutions and experience the accomplishment of doing things ourself.

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