Wildflower Seed Bombs, at Uncommon Goods QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Make any Memorial Day preparations. If you’re traveling, do you need to pack? Hosting a party so you need to shop and clean? Need to buy any graduation presents for upcoming June celebrations? Can you fit the gifts into your budget? Is it time…
The Annotated Secret Garden, on eBay Every spring for several years now, I take time to re-read the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic, “The Secret Garden”. Although her other well-known book, “A Little Princess,” is actually my favorite, there’s definitely a wonderful rainy-day air about “The Secret Garden” that makes it perfect for reading in April….
QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Refresh your home: Open doors and windows to let in sunshine and fresh air. If you have air conditioning or central air, do this later tonight when it’s cooler anyway. Even if you have a ventilation system, there’s nothing like an open (preferably screened) window to let in a breeze…
Have you been enjoying your summer so far? Have you picniced in a park, gone to the beach or a lake (if you have one nearby), had a barbecue, eaten at an outdoor cafe, indulged in a fudgesicle, drank an Orange Crush, gone for long walks, stargazed, napped in a hammock, gardened, swung, and run…
QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Make any Memorial Day preparations. If you’re traveling, do you need to pack? Hosting a party so you need to shop and clean? Need to buy any graduation presents for upcoming June celebrations? Can you fit the gifts into your budget? Freshen up bathrooms for the weekend. Launder towels and…
I just gave these pretty “popsicle” lollipops to a friend for her birthday It’s raining again, but still so warm I can have the doors and windows open to let in the fresh, wonderful smelling air. I’m glad I didn’t pack away all the hot cocoa and teabags, and that I left a few Duraflames…
Edgar, guarding my newly planted primroses April is National Garden Month! http://www.nationalgardenmonth.org/ “How much the making of a garden, no matter how small, adds to the joy of living, only those who practice the arts and the science can know.” – E. H. Wilson QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: – Water houseplants – Need to…
Every spring for years now, I take time to re-read the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic, “The Secret Garden”. Although her other well-known book, “A Little Princess,” is my favorite, there’s definitely a wonderful rainy-day air about “The Secret Garden” that makes it perfect for reading in March. Winds whistling across the moors, a lonely girl…