This post is an open thread and contains affiliate links. A few years ago, something caught my eye in the packaging for some Jack’s Pizza I’d picked up from the grocery store. The pizza label boasted that it was great…
This post contains affiliate links. My wife keeps a detailed packing list whenever we go camping. We’ve done it enough times over the years to know how irritating — or even trip-threatening — it can be if something important gets…
The first official day of summer was just a couple of days ago, and we’re having a heat wave here in the Midwest. We’re all looking for creative ways to cool off, including our pets. On a balmy 90-degree morning,…
This post is an open thread and contains affiliate links. One summer day in 1965, Joel Pritchard and his friend Bill Bell returned to Pritchard’s summer home on Bainbridge Island, Washington, near Seattle, after a game of golf and found…
This post is an open thread and contains affiliate links. We make annual summer trips up to the shores of Lake Michigan to visit family. While the lake itself is pretty cold — the water temperature in Chicago hovers in…
I make several trips to the garden center every spring and summer to buy plants, seed packets, and more to get my garden going for the year. After the garden center or hardware store, my go-to place for shopping for…
When you’re spending extended time outdoors, it’s important to protect your skin from the sun’s rays. Besides wearing sunscreen, you might wear a brimmed hat or sit under an umbrella, or you might wear a rash guard if you’re swimming….
EDITORS NOTE: We now have a review up on this chair. You can read about it here. This post is an open thread and contains affiliate links. I’ve been on many an excursion where I benefitted from a folding chair….
This post is an open thread and contains affiliate links. If container gardening is your thing, you’ve probably discovered that Aldi is one of the best places to buy both potting mix and planters of all types. Over the years,…
This post is an open thread and contains affiliate links. In the earliest days of our site, one of the first things we wrote about was the Gardenline Two Person Swing. We bought it in the fall of 2013, three years…
