Oh my, the mild Winter has allowed a flourishing of itsy bitsy seed ticks this Spring. Traveling with a Corgi and a Bassador, we are in an unending battle with the tiny terrors. Even with their monthly flea and tick repellent and some wonderful Cedar Oil spray, we always have our work cut out for […]
Have you ever pondered the beauty of clover? Have you watched the wind push the tall flowers, challenging the bees to keep up? How many times have you wished for a four leaf clover? Elusive and magical. Did you know that in Spring, young clover is edible? A gift as plentiful as dandelion leaves and […]
We enjoy taking the back roads when we can–and when Garmin inexplicably sends us there. It’s on the smaller roads that you wind through pretty farmland, small towns and unusual sights while traveling the Casita recommended 50-60 mph. It is nice not to have to watch the fast lane pass you by. But, I digress. […]
Since park tables can vary from 6″ to 10′ it’s tough to find a pre-made cloth. I designed this style and made one each in our Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter colors. Using Sunbrella, you can just wipe off stains easily. Any stubborn stain will almost always come off with a little soap and water. I haven’t […]
Like so many of our little getaways, this trip needed to be just a couple hours drive so that the weekend wasn’t lost in travel and so that set-up could be in daylight (in our early camping days we would often set-up after dark priming the evening for upset, don’t you know.) I was looking […]
Just a little over a year ago, we were tent camping down in Florida for Christmas vacation. It had rained and stormed just before we arrived and this site opened up for us as well as the flooded one, next to us. We had no neighbors for a week in this highly prized campground. Did […]
Necessity dictates a good table for use by the fire– to hold canapes and drinks– don’t you think? The Casita’s size calls for efficiency and fold-a-bility. This little tray fits just the bill. It’s about 18″x 13.5″ and chair height at around 24″ tall. The tray is removable from the folding wooden stand and all […]
Because so many of our trips are short weekend getaways, I keep my eyes open for places not more than a couple hours drive. Sometimes that means finding a festival in small town and looking for a camping spot and sometimes it means finding a funky tourist spot and then looking for a nest for […]
Into every life a little laundry must fall. Though we try to save up laundry for fancy parks that have a laundry room, more times than not, we find ourselves washing out a thing or two, and just moving on. This little Scrubba bag has a built in washboard and does a surprisingly good job […]
Just a quick note to tell you how pleased we are with our little SinkBoard invention. We had to add some rubber pyramidal shaped feet to keep it from rocking on the metal sink edge, and that has made all the difference. A really great added bonus of the feet was they keep the tray […]
zen and the art of little house travelling 