I can’t believe how much this garden has grown since I put it in on May 8th. Just a little over a month ago and it looks like a jungle. We definitely do not have enough room for everything now …
Category: A Little of This and A Little of That

New Orleans
I just got back from a short vacation to New Orleans with my daughters. What a beautiful city. We weren’t there really long enough to experience everything but it whet our appetites enough that we’ll for sure plan another trip. …

Can I overcome my black thumb and have a successful garden?
So after 30 years or so of moving every 3-4 years I finally have a place to call my own. The first thing my daughter and I did was start talking about a garden. Oh, such grand plans we had …
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Tulip Time
This last weekend I finally made it out to the tulip fields in Skagit Valley. It’s not the Netherlands but we do have our own little tulip valley about 45 minutes from my house. I’ve lived here for 12 years …

First and Last Snowman
I meant to get this out on Saturday but got busy and lost track of time. We had ourselves a nice little snow on Saturday, just enough to build a snowman. The snow was just perfect for snowman building. This …
The Dreaded Lecture
via Daily Prompt: Lecture When I saw the prompt for today I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself. My kids tell me often enough that they wished I had spanked them more as a child. Can you imagine kids wanting …

The Badlands and Mount Rushmore – the wonders of South Dakota
Just a word of warning that this post is rather graphic heavy. I couldn’t just post a couple of pictures, everything was just so gorgeous. Some major changes happened for me this summer and it is taking a bit to …
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My Crafty Sister – Beads and Things
My sister is extremely talented and creative and I would love to see her succeed in a home based craft business. So I thought I would give her a hand getting her name out there. Check out her Facebook page …

Where the magic happens…
Well it has to be magical to be able to cook, bake and decorate cakes in this teeny tiny kitchen. Don’t let a tiny kitchen stop you from creating, I try not to. I know, I’ve been off my game …

A Handcrafted Christmas
My daughter benefited from two handcrafted Christmas gifts this year. I finally finished my prototype filet crochet snowman and decided to give it to her for Christmas. Eventually it will be a much larger piece, I just wanted to see …

For the Birds Photoshoot
Just a few pictures of birds hanging around my sister’s place. I bought a new camera about two years ago hoping to get better photos for my blog. It’s a Nikon D3200 and I do love it but have been …

Missing Out on the Joys of Childhood
I was inspired by today’s daily prompt “childhood“. I feel sad for today’s youth, they are missing out on so much of the fun and innocence we had as kids growing up. Well it seemed fun and innocent. What are they …

November and December Round Up
This has been an extremely busy year with November and December being even more so than any other year. I can’t believe we are at the end of 2015, where did the year go?! I thought I was doing so …