A beautiful tree-lined driveway into a Park-and-Ride facility not far from my home in Woodinville, Washington Today I’m setting my plans for the weekend ahead; carving out time in my worknights for reading and for cooking meals with my boyfriend; and planning ahead for my autumn hosting and entertaining. If you throw parties, are likely …
Autumn Harvest Wreath, on Amazon QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: It’s a new week. Let’s look over our calendars (whether paper or digital) and peek at our week ahead. Any doctor, dentist, vet, salon or spa appointments coming up? Have you written in and planned for quality family time, time to socialize with friends (online …
We walked on this beach every morning, every afternoon, and every evening I just returned from a ten day vacation to a beach house near Plymouth, Massachusetts. My vacation was a bit longer than normal for me, given the distance involved. It took basically a day to get there (six hour flight, traveling to the …
I wish I could own this pretty upholstered Laurel bed, but I’m afraid my black dogs and naughty scratching cat would ruin the upholstery! My bedroom, as you will see from my pics, is in terrible condition. I’ve been vacationing, then catching up with tons of extra work, so I haven’t spent enough time maintaining …
Bit by bit, I’m removing my Christmas decorations from my house. Happy New Year’s Eve! Today I’m playing a bit of hooky from work – taking my dogs to the park, and then taking down my Christmas decorations. I’ll swap out my red tablecloth for a white one, take the red-and-green wreath off my door …
My front flowerbed, full of fairly healthy dahlias, is one of the few gardening successes I have! I really don’t enjoy gardening, but want my home to look nice and have “curb appeal.” This weekend I’m planning to force myself to do a whole bunch of weeding, fertilizing, watering, deadheading, and other plant care tasks …
Here in Seattle, we have a beautiful three or four month summer – sometimes it rains all June, sometimes it’s sunny all October. The rest of the year, as you can imagine, is rainy, cold, and windy. So I like to spend as much time outdoors while I still can. I maximize my time by …
Some of the plants I’m putting into the ground today Today I’m forcing myself to get my gardening chores done. I’m dreading the planting and weeding, but I do enjoy watering, so at least I can look forward to that ritual at the end of the evening! QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Have you shopped …
QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Let’s start off our day by finding two things to throw away. Recycle magazines that have sat unread on your coffee table for more than a couple weeks? Old cosmetics? A mismatched sock you despair of ever finding the mate to? A pair of pantyhose you’ve been hanging onto despite …
The first signs of spring – snow drops coming up in my yard! I look forward to seeing these every year. So grateful to whichever previous homeowner planted them years ago. Now that Valentine’s Day is over, I’m taking down all my red decorations (some which hung around since Christmas). I’m swapping out for my …