A New Day

Along with the end of summer, back-to-school beginnings and a return to routine, I have fit in one of my favourite pastimes at present. With...

Please excuse my absence. The dust bowl outside my door gets larger by the day and I run from it. I try to escape into the garden in the mo...

So does this mean that winter is done?  Not likely, as the good folks in Illinois have some winter weather headed my way tonight. Jus...

Can I just remark that it was a beautiful day in my neck of the woods today! The sun was shining bright and golden yellow in a cloudless ...

Saturday's Email of the Week Happy Saturday all! I have to be honest with you. This week was not what I expected at all. I don...

I feel like I have been away forever. I went to New York last weekend and was completely disconnected from the world wide web the whole time...

Twitter is over capacity. Blogger was down for over 20 hours yesterday. I am missing my latest post and really don't feel like re-writin...

Hello my friends. Good of you to stop by today. I have had a wonderful summer thus far, full of relaxing by the beach, visiting with family...

June and we're already eating peas!

I have been getting my hands dirty the last couple of weeks. Many bushes have been trimmed, including the forsythia, dogwood, cedar hedge a...

  Jingle tagged me in a game and I am game to play along. 10 Things I love: My children (even when they drive me nuts) My Mother for al...

Oenothera triloba Ha, I have found you my pretties! I have been calling these beautiful flowers "Moon Flowers" for lack of a bett...

Busy as a bee with not a sec to spare. Working in the garden when weather is fair. I must plant im patience surrounded by lots of thyme to...

   There were rays of sunshine amidst the busyness of the day. I took advantage of the lack of rain to plant a few herbs and annuals into th...

Sensational Saturday slays shameful seasonal slump. Playing along at six word Saturday . My weekend is shaping up to be the best ever in ...

She wandered through the garden checking for new growth and dreaded weeds. Growth gave her heart a leap. Weeds gave her drive and purpose. W...

I was peeking in my garden, looking for them there. Were they behind the mushrooms three? Could I catch them unaware? I in...

Signs of Spring and cool sunshine Brought me outside To turn the earth and feel dirt with fingers  Pale from winter's ways. Insiste...