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17 Feb 2019
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. —Leonardo da Vinci
Wheatgrass

Growing Wheatgrass

Boats on shore

Slow Down to Savor Life

Vanilla Cake with Strawberries (Photo: Tyllie Barbosa/Traditional Home)

Delightful Desserts for Two

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Living Simply

Boats on shore

Slow Down to Savor Life

Living room

10 Ways to Identify Clutter in Your Home

Early morn

Clear Clutter for a Clear Mind

Life & Living

Woman jumping

Choosing to be Happy

Morning coffee

Savoring Everyday Moments

Bike riding

On the Road Together

Home & Garden

Wheatgrass

Growing Wheatgrass

Man moving a painting

Decorating the Empty Nest

(Photo: Max and Company)

A Hint of Purple

Entertaining & Holidays

Vanilla Cake with Strawberries (Photo: Tyllie Barbosa/Traditional Home)

Delightful Desserts for Two

Gracious hospitality

Gracious Hospitality

Football party

Host a Super Super Bowl Party

At the Movies

Wild: From Lost to Found

Philomena

Philomena: A Study in Forgiveness

Edward Hicks. Noah’s Ark. 1846.

Noah: An Unholy Mess

In the Kitchen with Patricia

Open cookbook

The Skinny on Our Recipes

Rippled chips

12 Super Simple Healthy Snacks

Soup ingredients

15 Rainy (or Any) Day Soups

Favorite Recipes

Easy French Onion Soup

Easy French Onion Soup for 2

Cranberry Pineapple Pecan Mousse

Cranberry Pineapple Pecan Mousse

Chunky Rigatoni Chili

Chunky Rigatoni Chili

Tips, Trips, & Travel

Desert

Just Buy the Ticket

Travel the world

Traveling with Ease

Details in the bedroom.

Rustic Rental Near Nashville

Patricia and TomHi there! Tom and I are two empty nesters who decided to downsize and simplify our lives—lose the clutter and drama, travel a little, laugh a lot, sit back, and enjoy the simple pleasures life has to offer. Read more

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From Our Kitchen

Grilled Mexican Corn
Cashew-Rice Pilaf
Easy Cheesy Chicken Rotini
Sunny Sprouts

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— Our Empty Nest (@ouremptynest) January 4, 2017
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  • Cabin in the woods
  • The gardener's cottage
  • Kitchen and dining area.
  • Sarah's country house dining room.
  • (Photo: BHG)
  • (Photo: Tria Giovan)
  • (Photo: Emily Gilbert)
  • Seattle remodel
  • (Photo: Ira Lippke)
  • Brammy Kyprianou house.
  • Architectural Digest, March 2010
  • HGTV 2008 Green Home kitchen
  • (Photo: Town)

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Trips and travels

Our Trips & Travels

Oaxaca buildings

An Awakening

Sometimes you have to go far away from home before you can understand why what you have may be too much.

THE HORSES OF WYOMING by Tom Schmidt, watercolor, 2012.
Buffalo Bill Reservoir.
Where the deer and the antelope roam.
Hand-carved, Great Northern steam engine by Ernest Warther.

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