Author: Valley

  • Finding Your Way at Night

    Nothing says, “Welcome home,” like lighting. In the “olden days” a loved one might place a candle  in the window to guide you home in the dark. Not anymore… Now we have low voltage lighting to help us find the door. Here is some lighting we did for a client recently. They live on a…

  • STEP,SNAP,GROW, ENJOY

    For the past few years, I’ve chosen a word to ponder for the next 365 days. Last year’s word was OPEN.  It is amazing how many times the word influenced my choices.  This year’s word is STEP, a good word to follow open, because it continues the action of moving forward.  As a gardener, I…

  • Going the Distance, Backward

    Hold on, just a minute!  Before you throw that orange peel, onion skin or dryer lint in the trash…or the vacuum dust, or the eggshells, the bbq ash, or the spaghetti sauce jar — does it belong there?  Are you sure?  I have learned the answer is often NO! I used to throw all these…