When I thought about joining the One Room Challenge I thought six weeks was a tight timeline, but not so bad. Yet here we are in Week 5 and I think it’s safe to say five weeks have never flown by so quickly. Catch up on Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4 if you missed any of the ...
I got a message from a friend and blog reader the other day who asked, “How come you aren’t blogging about planting?” It’s a fair question, this being primarily a gardening blog. The fact of the matter is that it’s still really cool here and there is very little to plant. I did sow a few very small areas of ...
I hate to whine about the weather so much, but my goodness it has been COLD here. I have a lot of seedlings in the temporary greenhouse and I’ll be honest, I haven’t gone in there in two days because I’m afraid of what I might find. They cannot have been happy the last few days with very cold nights ...
If you’re wondering what all this bathroom talk is in the middle of high gardening season, I’m participating in the One Room Challenge, a quest to renovate one room in six weeks. Start from the beginning of this journey here. We all know that every renovation has its stumbling blocks and this one is no exception. But it is interesting ...
Yesterday I wrote about the factors to consider when choosing a container. You can read it here, but I broke it down to four factors: Size (err on the side of bigger) Style (what suits your house, garden and personal preferences) Material (will you leave it out all year or have to move it) Price Now I’m going to share ...
You know that gardening season is truly upon us when I start dreaming about container plantings. In preparation for this year’s containers I have been poring over Deborah Silver’s old blog posts, combing through Pinterest and drooling over some of the amazing containers the rest of the world seems to have access to, but for some reason are nearly impossible ...
I have more garden cleanup (both my own and at a master gardener project) on the schedule for this weekend, a date with some nasty garlic mustard weed that, I kid you not, grew 5 inches in one night when we got a lot of rain and one more sowing of tomatoes to try to salvage my seed plans scheduled ...
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I love wrapping gifts. I wish I had unlimited time and money to lavishly wrap every gift I give, but that’s just not the case. In the past, I’ve done wrapping themes but now I’ve amassed such a collection of papers and ribbon that I mix it up quite a bit. Paper Source, which is […]
As I’ve mentioned, a lot of stuff was left behind by the previous owner when we bought our house. One item was the Calder-esque mobile that hangs in the living room. Even though it’s in a bit of a weird spot, I’ve always liked it there and we never moved it. I’d like to know […]
Oh sure, I know the whole world has their houses all done up for Christmas and you probably thought you were going to see some Christmas decorations in mine one of these days. Well, let’s just say it is a very slow process, although one that I’m still enjoying. We aren’t hosting any parties (that […]
It’s not often that I report back on Monday with what I did over the weekend (because usually I started a project that I didn’t finish so there’s not much to report on), but even though I did not one iota of Christmas decorating (whoops) this weekend, it was an excellent holiday time. Saturday I […]
Happy Friday, everyone! ‘Tis the season to hurry up and get decorating, I guess, so that is on my agenda for the weekend in addition to doing a little cookie baking with my BFF’s family (and meeting her adorable daughter for the first time) followed by an “ugly ornament exchange” with my other BFFs. Posts […]
There is a chance that perhaps I may have underestimated exactly what 40 magnolia stems looks like. Stuffed to the gills in the basement until I can decorate with them. And yes, Mr. Much More Patient is still running around in shorts. And yes, that’s a sneak peek of a thrift store find in progress […]
Gosh, here I was reveling in the extra-week-in-between-Christmas-and-Thanksgiving glow and all of a sudden it’s December and I’m freaking out a little bit. Every year I resolve to take time to actually enjoy the holiday season instead of scurrying around doing everything, and every year, I end up totally stressing myself out. The proble
It’s the last day of November. Seems strange since it feels very December-y lately (other than the weather) and it seems like Thanksgiving was ages ago. What better way to finish off the month than by resolving a problem I shared with you at the beginning of the month! That problem was the ugly lamp […]
Longtime readers of this blog will know that I have a love-hate relationship with poinsettias. I love them because they are one of the few plants that can bring some color into the house during these darkest days and because even if you do nothing else, a red poinsettia makes your house look holiday-ish. I […]
I can’t tell you how thankful I am that because of the early Thanksgiving this year we have an extra weekend thrown in before Christmas. It takes so much pressure off. The rest of the world, though, seems to be full-on into Christmas prep mode. Shopping, baking, decorating and lighting up their houses like crazy. […]
It’s the day before Thanksgiving so if there were ever a time to talk about food for the first time on the blog, I guess this is it. We go to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving every year and even though we have a rather small gathering, we of course make way too much food […]
Last week (or the week before maybe) I reminded you to plant your amaryllis bulbs. Well, folks, this is why you should do what I say, not what I do. Because I planted mine this weekend. There might still be time for them to be looking OK by Christmas, but I’m definitely pushing it. Anyway, […]
Hey, it’s Friday again. I love how that keeps happening. I have a few items on the agenda for the weekend including ordering some fabric from Calico Corners before their 25% off sale ends, cutting down just a few more things in the garden and putting cages around the plants that need protection from deer […]
I’ll be back later to show you a couple small updates that we’ve done in the house, but for now I just wanted to remind you that today is the last day to enter the giveaway for the vintage botanical chart from Bonnie & Bell. Don’t miss out!
