2015 is bring many gardening woes - It is just not a good year for the garden! I suppose after 4 successful years it was bound to happen. We survived the wind, the rains, the drought - all until this year. 2015 has been plagued with excess water, lack of sunshine and an abundance of… Continue reading Gardening Woes
Category: Live Simply
2015 Garden Start
Today was the start of our 2015 garden! It's been so long since I've blogged on a regular basis. Starting the garden is always an exciting time. It gets me back into a blogging mood. Being an avid photographer I enjoy keeping pictorial journals of the garden progress and I like sharing the failures and… Continue reading 2015 Garden Start
The Short Cold Walk
We’ve all heard of the long cold walk; up the hill and down the hill and over the river and through the woods in knee high snow… Well, I’m here to tell ya that today I took a short cold walk and it was probably colder than those long cold walks that the grandparents tell… Continue reading The Short Cold Walk
Oh the Joys…of a Live Christmas Tree
It began rather simply... "Mom, how come we never have a REAL tree?" "We've had live trees. But after you kids got older, we decided the artificial tree was easier." "But, I don't remember having a live tree - only an artificial tree." Suddenly, it dawned on me that the age gap between our youngest… Continue reading Oh the Joys…of a Live Christmas Tree