What?? I can hear it now…. 🙂 Yes, our first Christmas tree is up. Buttercup watched while Brooke decorated the tree in DD#1’s room this AM. We brought DD#2’s tree down, fluffed it and were ready to decorate, but one string of lights is not working properly. I’ll have to fix that before we can […]
We are in the middle of major remodeling of two spaces. One is the addition (added to the house in 1962) which is the guest room, a hall, the laundry room and a bathroom. The other space is DD’s room. And I must say, she is WAY excited about that! The mess is getting to […]
Last night, while DD was getting ready for bed, Buttercup waited for her by sitting on the railing at the top of the stairs. And this morning, when I came down for breakfast, there she was guarding the newel post. She’s been sitting there a lot lately. I’m not sure why she decided all of […]
The eighth butterfly emerged this morning. Another female. That makes six females and 2 males, so far. She didn’t seem to mind at all when I stuck my camera in her face. Beautiful. ~~Rhonda
Our two older daughters are home for the weekend. A short visit, to be sure, but a good one. When DH made pancakes for breakfast, DD requested a butterfly. Not bad, hmm? 🙂 The girls leave tomorrow morning for home. We’re glad to have a visit, even though it wasn’t long enough. ~~Rhonda
The air has taken on that “autumn feel.” Sort of golden, and a little dusty and sweet somehow. Lots of pretty things yet to see when we walk the yard. The hydrangeas were beautiful this year. Most are fading to a soft rosy pink and a pretty green color. I want to pick some for […]
This morning I was perusing the internet and came across a recipe for apple bread on Kitchen Parade. I had the ingredients necessary so decided to try the recipe. The recipe called for Granny Smith apples. I didn’t have those on hand, but did have Galas, so I used them instead. I mixed the wet […]