Summer is drawing to an end. Fall is in the air! Cooler mornings! Fall also means leaves will be falling soon, I promise! If you need to seed your yard for grass, that time is coming soon. Spring flower blooming bulbs must be planted in the fall before the first frost. Jim has created an oasis of peace and place…
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Tomatos Galore!! Sweet peppers are ready to harvest. Summer gardens produce many yummy vegetables. Ours is no exception. Tomatos Galore!! Our summer garden is still producing. Just look at these brightly colored yellow sweet peppers. There are a few zucchinis and yellow squashes coming in too. I have stewed and frozen several gallon bags of tomatoes. No, I don’t can….
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It was a perfect day to go outside and make some sparkle! These cute like pumpkin are not sophisticated. However, they are happy and imperfect that will add some very special sparkle and light to your decor. Here’s how the sparkle happened. One beautiful sunny day, I headed over to my daughter’s with a box from Amazon full of small…
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It’s Monday morning. Yesterday was a day of rest. Taking a bit more time to reflect on the past week and to plan for the next coupled with thanksgiving and prayer is restorative. It is part of practicing the art of contentment. And don’t we need that not just for these days of nothing feeling quite normal, but every day?…
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I stepped out on our back porch and there was a pile of hosta leaves Jim had trimmed. I had hoped to cut some flowers but we were in-between blooms. Hostas are easy to grow plants that fill out nicely for borders and color in your yard, large or small. I had not looked at them with an eye to…
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