Spring in Pittsburgh

Currently: April 2025

April is here! It feels like spring around Pittsburgh. Our grass is getting greener (and longer!) each day, I’m seeing daffodils, tulips, and forsythia everywhere, and we’ve been having lots of rain. Yup, definitely April 🌦️

Siberian Husky

Niva was enjoying a lazy day on the couch while it rained ☔️

Here’s what’s current in my life this month. Please share some of your responses in the comments. I love knowing what you are up to! (more…)

Jimmy’s Work in a Book, Ice Skating, and Sunshine

I try to ask Jimmy about his work each and every day. He’s always welding up something interesting! He has done work for a local interior designer for a few years, so imagine my surprise when I saw that designer in Better Homes and Gardens magazine recently! Then… imagine my surprise when I learned she wrote a book! Then….. imagine my surprise when I got that book and Jimmy and I found his work in it!

He was casually like “Oh yeah, I made that staircase and cable railing.” Sadie and I were like “What!!!” haha. Then he said “I also did the outdoor space.” (more…)