If you’ve been around for a while, you will know that I almost always plant my backyard garden on Good Friday. I had everything ready to do just that last month, but the weather was horrid so I put it off until Easter Monday. My roses are doing wonderfully, which is a real miracle since… Read More
I spent all of last spring ogling Emily’s (Eleven Gables) gorgeous white tulips. So much so that I put a reminder on my calendar to get my own this fall! I have 200 Colorblends White Cubed tulip bulbs (the exact variety Emily used) chilling in my fridge in hopes of a white spring. There is… Read More
It has been quite a few years since I shared the work that we did on the exterior of our 1964 home and answered what is hands down the most frequent question I get on the blog, on social media and in real life… what are your paint colors? This is what our home looked… Read More
We have spent at least a little time every nice day since Easter working in the yard. We’ve been trimming and planting and fertilizing and transplanting and spreading pinestraw for hours. You know the drill. Back when we had the terrible snowmageddon (remember when Honey slept in the car on the highway?!) we lost a… Read More
My boys still play in the driveway. A lot. Riding scooters and bikes, shooting hoops, playing with nerf guns and light sabers and such is a daily occurrence around here – both before and after school and all summer long. So, since I usually sit out here with them (we are on a busy street… Read More
I’m still chipping away at the remaining items on my 40×41 bucket list, although I’m well past my own deadline of my 41st birthday :-). This one is a two-for as I knocked out #3: Plant a flower cutting garden (because I have a black thumb and have always wanted one) AND #5: Do something fabulous… Read More
I usually put my Brownyn Hanahan monogrammed flower pot hanger out the first of May but wanted to leave the cross up until after first communion. I snapped a few pics of our cheery Spring entry while waiting on the bus. The lighting is a little odd, but you get the gist :-) My ferns… Read More