I haven’t been posting as much lately because I fell and injured my finger. It has kept me out of commision and doesn’t allow for too much gardening or fast typing.(picture left hand only typing while I’m right handed) Thank goodness for my husband who really has been picking up my slack. I am foreman on the [...]
Thunder, our wonderful dog who is an English Setter. He is showing his holiday spirit in front of our RED front door with it’s RED wreath. ~”Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” ~Roger Caras Check out this photo on Front Porch Ideas and More… Thunder is famous now.
These pumpkins are HUGE. A local orthodontist has these gigantic pumpkins carved every year and puts them in the front of his office for the passerbys to enjoy. I am not only in awe of the size but also of the work it took to carve them. The largest one stands about four feet high. It’s hard [...]
I took a ride with my son, his wife and their daughter Gracie to see the beautiful October foliage and to get our pumpkins. We were headed to their friend Matt’s house. He grows pumpkins and sells them in the barn outside of the farmhouse he is remodeling. He has done a magnificent job restoring [...]
The sun has been shining the past couple of days and the flowers seem to be making their last hurrah, almost as if they know the end of summer is closing in. The cooler temperatures make them happy but they sure could use more rain. The bees seem very busy trying to get their [...]
Although it is spitting a bit of rain here and there today and the temperatures are only in the high fifties, the temperatures over the past few weeks have been sweltering and we have had very little rain. No amount of watering has seemed to quench my garden’s thirst. Not even the very recent cooler temperatures are [...]
Last Friday, my husband and I hit the Madison- Bouckville Antique Show. I thought it would be fun to show for VTT. It is a huge gathering with over one thousand dealers in upstate NY. It’s in the middle of corn fields surrounded by more corn fields. Really pretty. We look forward to it [...]
Walking through my garden today, there were plenty of smiling faces wanting their photo taken. I was happy to oblige. I hope your flowers are grinning at you today too. ~ “Then followed that beautiful season… Summer…. Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay [...]
Although many of my plants are giving a wonderful dose of color to the garden, I can’t help but enjoy a few of my pots that are bursting with color also. I have had a few casualties due to the heat this summer, but most have not only survived, but also thrived in the heat. Container gardening can [...]
It’s mid July, time to see what’s going on in our gardens for Garden Blogger’s Bloomsday. It’s also Fertilizer Friday! I have a lot blooming, so it makes it hard to believe my yard and gardens are showing the stress of very little rain and extremely high temperatures. My grass is brown in spots and some of [...]
