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Who couldn’t use a little help with their holiday shopping at this time of year? I don’t do a lot of giveaways on the blog, but I was excited to do one for a very cool company: Uncommon Goods. This is the place to go when you need something interesting and different for a gift. I picked a few of …
Last week I lamented the loss of more trees in our yard. The difference of the missing ash trees is dramatic. But they are gone and that’s all there is to it. I’m trying to look at this as an opportunity to plant something big and beautiful like a copper beech, a Kentucky coffeetree or any other from the amazing …
OK folks, there’s no denying it now. The holidays are a’comin’ and they are a’comin’ quick. Don’t look now but there are only three weekends until Christmas. How is that even possible? Well never fear because there are plenty of people who are way more organized than I am and they are full of inspirational ideas for your holiday decorating. …
You won’t believe what is happening at our house today. In fact, it was so disturbing to me that I left as quickly as I could this morning without so much as grabbing a photo of it first. More trees are coming down. Does anyone else get that sick feeling in their stomach when they have to take down a …
My favorite holiday decorations are the ones I do outside. It’s partly because they brighten up what is otherwise a pretty dreary landscape, but also because the decorations outside, particularly the containers, provide the most decorating bang for the buck.I love how with a few collected (and some purchased) materials you can create something that is really beautiful. These containers …
It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S. tomorrow so a lot of people are running around like chickens turkeys with their heads cut off trying to get the last minute details out of the way. We’ll be going to my parents house for the largest family gathering we’ve had in years. All three of my dad’s sisters and their spouses will be …
We got our first real snowfall (a few inches) last night which makes it a little harder to ignore the freight train that is Christmas. Let me start by saying I really hate that Thanksgiving seems to have been forgotten other than to mark the Thursday before the weekend that everyone is putting up their Christmas decorations. I love decorating …
I’ve whined about the deer problem in my garden many times before and there is no perfect solution. Every year I learn more in the war in combatting them and what I learned last year was that they can do major damage in winter. Up until last year, we’ve had many years of mild winters. But last year we had …
