Each year in May, we host a spring picnic for our church family. Yesterday the weather was great, the yard was at it’s iris peak and everyone had a great time. The irises are 10-14 days later this year than usual, so the timing was perfect. I don’t think we’ve ever had the picnic right […]
During Sisters’ Weekend we visited two antique malls. I really enjoyed browsing through them. I found a few things I had to take home… These wooden molds will make great paper cast ornaments. Or springerle cookies… These vintage postcards show views of Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln is my first cousin five […]
I snapped a picture this morning of Happy taking a snoozle on the arm of the recliner in the library. She looked rather comical with all the fluff overflowing the arm of the chair. ~~Rhonda 🙂
Wednesday DH and I were able to do a little yard work. It consisted mainly of cutting up and carting off the pear tree and the broken limb on the mulberry. We also mulched a couple of beds. The pear tree fell over after the ground became saturated from all the rain we’ve been having. […]
Someone said, “Dogs have masters, cats have staff.” Seems to be the case around here. We started with Happy when DD was three years old. She is DD#3’s kitty, but she thinks she is DH’s cat. She loves him. When DH and I sit down to chat, Happy comes from anywhere in the house and […]
I, my four sisters and our two sisters-in-law try to get together for a weekend every year or two. This is the weekend. 🙂 While we gathered in the motel room, waiting for everyone to arrive, Paula caught up on the local news. Of course, as it usually happens when we have a family get-together, […]
I quickly pieced the blocks for week 3 of Amandajeans’s quilt along this morning. I am attending Sisters’ Weekend with my four sisters and two SILs today through Sunday and wanted to get these done before I left. Done! This is “Ohio Star” for the cottage quilt, for which I’m using soft colors. And this […]
Last year we had a hard freeze in April that decimated the iris blooms. This year they must be making up for that as they are loaded with blossoms. If we get no rain next week, the yard should be gorgeous and ablaze with color. The large lilacs are done, but the Korean lilacs and […]
Today is cool and cloudy, a little light mist. We did go out and do about an hour and a half of yard work, but when the mist came up it was too chilly to stay out. Temps are about 60*F. DH moved the two Paradigm hostas that were sitting too close to the Blue […]