what is elevenses? (originally posted 24 November 2014, updated 16 October 2021) I love to read. It is no secret. I like thought provoking and “heavy” reading and I like the entertaining escape reading of cosy mysteries. One mystery series heroine, Daisy who is always ready for a snack, is the curious sort “who falls over bodies” She struggles with the fashion for…
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Three Rooms to Inspiration Easy Fall Decorations
Do you like easy but looking really good decorations for the season? I sure do! I’ll take you through our middle room, kitchen and powder room that is decorated simply for fall! My youngest granddaughter was my helper. decorate for welcome and Pretty Who is my helper? Miss O who always wants to decorate! She already has her own personal…
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Always Ours, Always His
We were by our side brick wall for a photo. It was a sunny fall day. I was remembering and reminiscing back to our children’s early childhoods. We have five. How our youngest girls had grown! I remember when they were so tiny, so new to the world…so loved always! instilling faith Jim or I sang to…
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Meg’s Baking Apple Pie Just For Us!
We had apple pie this week. It’s ‘Pick Your Own Apples’ season here. Amy and friends went. She brought home a peck. This was going to be a post about apple pickling and pie but I didn’t have any apple picking photos for this year’s apples. Side Tracked by memories Then I got side tracked. It can happen. Then I started…
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Growing with Effort
Posted on September 7, 2013by omega57. Updated 3 October 2021 Growing with effort…where are you putting your efforts? Modest harvest A plentiful harvest from a modest garden. I am about “squashed” out. As I walked under the grape vine I said “It smells like grape jelly.” They are Concord grapes. As the sweet grand girls walked over the fallen plump ripe…
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