Family roots. Growing dreams. A little everyday wonder.
Some journeys begin with a carefully drawn map. Others begin with family, a change of plans, and the question: What could we create together?
Welcome to Sisters & Sons, a place for stories about family, caregiving, gardens, home, and the unexpected turns that shape our lives.
Here, we share both the practical work and the possibilities: caring for the people we love, growing things, making things by hand, and imagining a place where generations can learn, create, and feel at home together.
You don’t need a garden—or a grand plan—to belong here. Perhaps you’re caring for a family member, dreaming of rural living, rediscovering an old craft, or simply looking for a little beauty in an ordinary day.
Whatever brought you here, we’re glad you found us.
A Dream Taking Root
Woven through our family’s journey is a larger dream: A Dragon’s Fancy.
We imagine gardens worth wandering through, a welcoming table, and spaces where learning, creativity, stewardship, and wonder can live side by side. A place rooted in family, with room to welcome others.
It is still a dream in the making—not a finished destination. Sisters & Sons is where we share the research, decisions, experiments, setbacks, and small beginnings along the way.
Start here: What Is A Dragon’s Fancy? Creating a Dream of Gardens and Hospitality
Find Your Path
There is more than one way into this story. Follow the subjects that speak to you, or wander between them.
A Dragon’s Fancy
Follow the dream.
This is where we document the journey from an idea to a place we hope to call home—and eventually share with others.
Explore property searches, rural living, agritourism planning, homestead development, hospitality ideas, and project journals. Along the way, we’ll ask practical questions about what is possible, what is sustainable, and what feels right for our family.
Among the Weeds
Grow with us.
Gardens are never entirely finished, and they rarely follow the plan exactly.
Among the Weeds explores cultivated beds and wilder corners through garden walks, seasonal observations, plant profiles, restoration projects, wildlife encounters, and lessons learned. We’ll share what flourishes, what struggles, and what surprises us.
There is something worth noticing in both the carefully tended border and the patch we haven’t quite gotten to yet.
Of Thistles and Rose Petals
Make something meaningful.
This is our place for working with our hands and exploring the possibilities of flowers, leaves, fibers, and other natural materials.
Expect botanical crafts, natural dyes, herbal projects, pressed flowers, seasonal decorations, handmade gifts, and historical domestic arts. Over time, we hope more of those materials will come from our own gardens.
Some projects will be useful, some beautiful, and some simply worth trying.
Seasons of Care
Care for one another.
Family life changes, and so do the ways we care for one another.
Seasons of Care makes room for caregiving, aging in place, dementia journeys, multigenerational living, family traditions, and the meaning of home. Here, we share our experiences, the questions we’re working through, and the adjustments we make along the way.
These are personal stories, not a promise of easy answers. They are part of our lives—and part of the future we are trying to build.
A Dragon’s Fancy Labs
Explore new possibilities.
An old-fashioned dream can still benefit from modern tools.
In A Dragon’s Fancy Labs, we explore technology, artificial intelligence, research methods, GIS mapping, and other tools that help us investigate possibilities and make decisions.
Expect useful discoveries, experiments that need another try, and the occasional unexpected detour. Curiosity belongs here, too.
What Matters to Us
At the heart of Sisters & Sons are a few simple beliefs:
- Wonder is worth preserving.
- Gardens make life better.
- Generations have much to offer one another.
- Learning never really ends.
- Hospitality begins with making people feel welcome.
- Creativity belongs in everyday life.
- Caring for the land is part of caring for the future.
- The journey deserves attention, not just the destination.
We’re building this space around family stories, growing dreams, and the things we discover along the way—the purpose Sisters & Sons began with.
Make Yourself at Home
We hope you’ll find something here that feels familiar, something useful to carry into your own life, and something that makes you curious.
May you also find traces of the natural world we love: a butterfly settling on a flower, an unexpected bloom among the weeds, a turning path that invites a closer look.
There is room here for practical work and imagination, for difficult seasons and new beginnings—and for the possibility that wonder, mystery, and perhaps even a little magic still belong in daily life.
Now pick a path and start exploring.