Joining the #Garden365 Fun I stumbled across this fun challenge --#garden365 -- while rambling around Instagram looking at garden photos on a cold and snowy "spring" day. It is the brain child of Sweet Domesticity. So I emailed Maria and asked if I could join the party a ... [ Read More ]
Celebrating National Gardening Month
Hello Spring! We've been not so patiently waiting for you for a long time now... If you are a gardener, the month of March in the Great Lakes area can be just short of torturous. A few warm days make you think spring has arrived! Yipee... And then winter slaps you hard with a ... [ Read More ]
Forcing Spring Bulbs Indoors
We woke up to snow again. Four days in a row. Yes, at the tail end of March the fluffy stuff is still falling. I decided rather than sit and whining... I would head to the garden center and grab some spring bulbs. If spring won't willingly come to my house... I will force ... [ Read More ]
BowTies, Hats & Bourbon: It’s a Kentucky Derby Party!
While the sun may be shining brightly on my old Kentucky home... it sure isn't on my home in the Great Lakes! Imagine my surprise when I woke up to over an inch of SNOW with more still coming down... NOT good for a gal suffering from the winter blues y'all! So I decided it ... [ Read More ]
Spring Fever & Kimmy Schmidt
Waiting on Spring This is one of my favorite spots in this old house... The Sunroom Normally, even on gloomy days, at least a little natural light beams in. And while spring teased us earlier last week, the cold, grey days have returned. Ugh. Not even a glimmer of the sun ... [ Read More ]