One thing’s for certain about April. One day it can balmy and warm and I’ll happily plant out little seedlings and the next day a massive windstorm blows in causing me to fear for their safety. Such a windstorm blew
Morgan’s up for a little walk, she’s not impressed by the glorious ranunculus at the kitchen door, I am, how about you? On the back patio I’ve started cleaning out and replanting the blue pots; so far this year in
Kerstie, Chloe and I went to a church bazar this morning and came up trumps! A whole box of knitted bits for $5. When we're finished yarn bombing the babies we will wrap and knit the bits around the old
I really do adore having a 100yr old house that creaks and groans. I’ve been out all day and just now the sun-warmed house is cooling down and popping and snapping its old bones and I have to tell it
My birthday is in the middle of July which meant I was always out of school and most of my friends were away and so was I, which meant that my party usually was a “mom and me” thing, usually
It’s raining today, which is termed as “showers”, which is to be followed by the term “heavy rain” later this afternoon, and, thru all this heavy wetness and high humidity, there are two de-humidifiers and two huge fans and suction
It’s been a bit of a week here. I’ve got practically nothing constructive done, let alone creative. And you’ve probably felt that by my two measly appearances. Thank you to those of you wonderful friends who sent me little notes
Madeleines and tea is that perfect combination don’t you think? Those golden, sweet little sea shell shaped sponge cakes. My grandmother used to make them for tea and also varied the recipe to include almonds for Christmas cookies. It’s been
Ah, what could be more wonderful than having breakfast in bed? Maybe I should say breakfast in bed 2013. It’s so worth it to wake up a bit early and spend some time checking my favorite blogger’s posts, seeing what
I want to tell you something: I’m very slow to trust a new book from a book store. It looks too shiny and new and not loved