Flowers are true love, chocolate the finest gift…if not diamonds… This morning I experienced the next level of love. Hub side-kick took some time thinking about this. I have been awaiting therapy for arthritis pressing on my nerve endings in my neck and somehow I had fallen between the cracks with an appointment and 4 Read more about #229…Valentine’s Day at a New Level[…]
Alert! Behind the Pampas grass lurked this turtle, where I was pulling weeds by hand. Good grief! A snapping turtle no less. Gardening in the country is not about knowledge of plants, it is about, who’s going to have their way, man or beast? I’m not believing I’ve won. In May, I planted so many Read more about #205…Gardening 101…Mistakes, Lessons Learned…New Plan![…]
There has to be a word beyond extreme…Maybe grueling. There has been so much work outside unlike ever before. Day after day of 100+ heat index with enough rain to keep that grass growing and everything else non-stop growing, and then seriously growing. Most generally by the end of July the grass is parched and Read more about #204…Dog Days of an Extreme Summer[…]
If there’s something to find at a garage sale to paint, to repurpose, I, of course have to decor the garden plots too. Everything has a story, everything tells who I am, it is all me. My surroundings tell my story and the beautiful plants reveal how great God is. Even the rocks in my Read more about #202…Garden Decor of Course…if You are Me[…]
He couldn’t wait to show me what he so proudly bought FOR ME at Lowe’s! A gift just for me…and I was gonna start on a new book this week. It has occurred to me that Christmas is going to change for him. White sox and underwear, oh, and a tie. He has done family Read more about #197…What Signals is He Sending Here?[…]
…and snow! So late in the season, so I have more time to do things with my spring cleaning. Washing ceiling and table fans. Cleaning out our libraries of books we don’t want to keep…Ironing a table scarf. Today, I need to gut the cabinets in 2 bathrooms, throw out junk and restack the shelves Read more about #196…Ah…New Lists, Spring To-Do’s[…]
I found this beautiful wood box at a garage sale, marked $15, for 10. Plans are for a satin polyurethane inside and out and literally making a foot locker out of it, full of mani / pedi “stuff”! And a perfect top for my purse and swim bag. It’s that time of year I am Read more about #177…Repurpose, Renew and Mums the Word[…]
Came home to a flooded basement AGAIN, 3rd time in a year! It had rained 14 ” overnight! Somewhat easier to get on top of this as we had added metal feet to some cabinets and furniture and painted children’s blocks under the hope chest and other items. The rugs dried out on the patio. Read more about #175…Another Flood, Another Fall, Mums the Word![…]
Another spring is here. The crocus is up and the daffodils and tulips and non-stop work for the next 6 months. That is why I love winter so much, though I never got my blizzard this year…..but I can do nothing but read IF I want, and piddle with my projects AS I want. But Read more about #171…Crocus, Spray Paint and Next Project[…]
It’s so hard keeping up with LaDonna! She just out-flowers me all the time. I saw her beautiful rose moss that she planted right on her rocks and then told me it was so popular you couldn’t find it anywhere. It goes on the list for spring shopping 2021. Now look what she’s done by Read more about #154…Divide & Conquer[…]
