If you’ve followed along recently, you may have read that mums are out for me this year- if not, you can read it here, but everything else is definitely in! Especially happy scarecrows… No particular reason, just turned out that way. I am also trying a tablescape this year and finding it to be more difficult than it looks in all the pretty Pinterest photos. I kept adding and removing, adding and removing. The different fall themed decor pieces seemed…
when you haven’t seen the sun for days…
September 12, 2018Although it’s not official just yet, it feels as if fall has descended upon us this week. I think it was in the 90s last week and I had big hopes for the veggie garden to keep on producing. High temps this week have been in the 60s and the skies are gloomy. Not to mention the non-stop rain for days… I wanted to go into the veggie garden yesterday evening to pick the last of the tomatoes and was…
good news from the doc & homemade tomato soup
August 2, 2018If you read yesterday’s post, then you probably know I recently had a follow-up MRI on my spine to help determine if there is further degeneration due to MS. According to my doctor this morning, there is not!! I am over the moon excited about this. The symptoms I am having right now are likely related to old nerve damage. When I got home this afternoon, more good news – a lot of tomatoes ready for harvesting. So, this… Became…
rainy days
August 1, 2018The rain is coming down hard and matching my mood today. My flowers and vegetable garden are loving it. I guess in a way, so am I. Rainy days are often the best, aren’t they? Especially if you get to be at home, just enjoying the sound of the drops. I’d kind of thought of doing a video garden tour this afternoon, but the rain changed that plan. Our porch has a nice big overhang and at least I can…
our cookout was a success
July 30, 2018As you may know if you’re been reading along for a while, we hosted our annual summer cookout this weekend. It was great! Here are a few photos of the setup. I lost track of my phone once it got underway, so no photos during. The weather was absolute perfection. We were so thankful it didn’t rain. For a while it was overcast and we were a bit worried, but that blew over. The sun was back out and the…
time alone
July 23, 2018I am sticking with my intention to read the book Simple Abundance throughout the year, more or less. I’m not diligent, but I do pick it up every few days and read the entry for that day. In today’s entry Sarah talks to us about spending time alone. Sometimes it is necessary to snatch time whenever we can find it. This may mean in the very early morning, the wee hours late into the night, or at some point in…
black bean & corn salsa
July 16, 2018We continue to gear up for our summer cookout and I am thumbing through my multitude of cookbooks and doing online searches for some great dishes to make. We do our cookouts potluck style, which means there will be a great variety and quantity of food from not only ourselves but also our guests. This gives me a lot of room for trying new dishes – if something fails, it’s no big deal. There’s plenty of other food available. This…
mother nature is taking over
June 25, 2018It seems that the garden is reaching that state where Mother Nature has taken over and I’ve lost all control. The weeds are CRAZY! Does this ever happen to you? I wish that I had some lovely “after” photos to show you, but that is not the case. I will get this situation under control soon, but not right now. Truth be told, my garden started out that way this year and I’ve struggled ever since to reign it in.…
word of the year
June 18, 2018I’ve taken to choosing a word to be my guiding theme during the year for the past few years. The chosen word represents something that might’ve been a challenge for me recently. Some past words were courage and challenge. For 2018, having found that my state of mind and creativity seem to have been blocked for a while, or even closed or fixated, I chose the word Open. I am very happy to report that for the first time since…
in the moment
January 11, 2018As part of my winter reading, I’m back to Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach. Maybe because the book is laid out by daily chapters, one for each day of the year, I tend to start reading it at the first of each year as part of the fresh start mentality, then drift away. I do love this book and am going to try and stick with it for the whole year this time. In today’s entry Sarah writes about…
