Do I look like I know what I'm doing?
Do I look like I know what I’m doing? No, seriously, do I? There have been several times this week when someone has asked me directions,...


I Can't Believe That Worked
I can't believe that worked. One of the acorns I planted last fall has sprouted. You can see the picture yourself. I put my foot next...
A People Person vs A Not People Person
I’m not a people person. Some people are. My husband was. One of my sons really is. But I’m not. And it does make a difference. A people...
Procrastination
Don’t put off until tomorrow… Really, don’t put it off. Procrastination is the bane of my life. Yes, I do tend to procrastinate....
Junk rant
Everything takes forever. That’s probably not true, but sometimes it seems to be. I have a long to do list, that I can’t seem to get...
Birds
The birds are back! Actually they’ve been back for weeks now, but it’s been too cold at night to leave the windows open, so I haven’t...
Rain
It’s raining, it’s pouring… Well, not around here, unfortunately. We could almost always use rain. Funny though when it does rain we all...
Mother worries
Once a Mom, always a Mom. Every time I hear about a disaster, or a terror attack, or other problem the first thing I think of is, “Do I...
Failures in Gardening
I left it until now to talk about some of my more spectacular failures with berries and trees. We had a strawberry patch at one point,...
My adventure with planting fruits
Last time’s blog was about vegetable and flower gardens, today I’m on about fruit trees. We don’t have a very big yard so I’ve tried to...