Author Archives: ~~Rhonda

Living in a small town, I share my life with my husband Russell (married in 1977), five children (one still at home), and six cats (one indoors, the others outside).

I teach an online class called “The Christmas Notebook” which is about all things holiday prep. The many facets of celebrating Christmas comprises one of my favorite hobbies. Other favorite things include gardening, reading, cooking, and scrapbooking.

daylilies…they’re not just orange or yellow

I have lost track of the number of people who have walked through our garden and then said, “I thought daylilies only came in orange or yellow!” Here’s proof they come in many colors… Let’s start with a beautiful white one with a lovely green throat. ‘Gentle Shepherd’ ‘Jungle Beauty’ is one of my favorite […]

in the garden…new daylilies every day

This is a beautiful time of the year in our garden, notwithstanding the summer heat. The daylilies are blooming profusely. The breeze sends their sweet scent across the garden. This evening was a beautiful time to be outside. The heat had let up a bit, the evening was long, and the bugs were not bothersome. […]

menu plan monday ~ june 20, 2016

Happy birthday to my sister Genny! I just came back from a fun weekend with her and my other four sisters and sister-in-law. We have Sisters’ Weekend once a year and it’s always a lot of fun. We made necklaces, some using beads from necklaces our mom wore. On Sunday, our families joined us and […]

white putz church with a red roof

I have been working on three red and white Putz houses for a week or so. Today I finished the little country church. I love the way it came together. Lights on… Lights off… I am learning how to make bead sprays and used three of them to back the church. I plan to make […]

menu plan monday ~ june 13, 2016

Daylily season is on us. We love this time of year. Here are a few of the newly opened flowers from today. ‘In Springtime’ ‘Siloam June Bug’ ‘Indian Giver’ ‘Imperial Lemon’ ‘Wayne Johnson’ Many more to come. While we wait, here’s the menu for the week. Monday Turkey Sandwiches Dill Pickles Fresh Veggies Tuesday Chef […]

three peaks red putz house

This is the last house of the five I’ve worked on this week. This little three peaks house is done in red with a green roof. A simple fence surrounds the yard space. Two snowy bottle brush trees decorate the front of the house. You can see more pictures of this house and others in […]

red and white “ski slope” house

A friend asked for a red and white Putz house, so I came up with this one. I will be making more red and white ones soon. I call this design “the ski slope” house. I drew the simple pattern myself. An easy house to draw a pattern for and an easy house to construct. […]

finished two putz houses

A few posts ago, I showed you a few new colors I am working on with the Putz houses. Today I completed two of the five houses currently in process. The first one is a pumpkin gold color with an olive green roof. Not my personal favorite colors, but my Mom would have loved them. […]

the garden this week

First, I have to say…I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE MY LAPTOP BACK!!! Many thanks to DH for putting in the new keyboard which seems to have fixed all the problems. Now I can resume blog posting with ease. Here are a few pictures from the garden. We go out after DH gets home work […]

three little kittens…well, not so little any more…

For a change of pace, I thought I’d post about three of our kitties. We have a lot of cats. More than three. It’s a good thing we are cat people. Half our cats adopted us. And we can’t say no. How do they know?? This is Ski. He is my cat. He is two […]