The garland I have used for many years finally fell apart so I had to get a new one this year. Every one I looked at was ugly, overpriced or both so I decided to make my own. It was so easy to make. I just picked out a basic evergreen garland in enough [...]
Since I have a really big fenced in yard, I always try to grow plants that will vine up the fence so it doesn’t seem so huge. One of my favorites is the morning glory. This year I had luck with several different types. They are really at their peak now with all the beautiful [...]
getting our Christmas tree with our family. This is myself, the mister and the grandaughter Gracie. It was a blustery, cold day but we bundled up and enjoyed the occasion. Normally we cut our own, but there were so many beautiful trees already cut and on display in the barn, we couldn’t resist the warmth [...]
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 [...]
Look who stopped by for a visit yesterday. He very slowly dawdled between flowers in my garden while I snapped his picture many many times. I swear he was posing for me. I suppose if I possessed that kind of beauty, I would like people admiring me too. I felt like he was a rare flower with wings [...]
