I live on a farm ... — shopping
Summer in New York, I love you
art blogging country life country living family farm food home inspiration knitting Life love marriage personal recipes relationships shopping summer thoughts travel women
Dear Summer, I must apologize to you, for I have failed to appreciate your beauty and sweet virtues in times past. Is there an explanation for my less than enthusiastic greeting when I saw you approaching, all too often, in the deserts of Southern California? Was the fault all mine, or were you part to blame? Little does it matter now, for I am delighted by my reformed attitude. Now, as you approach, my heart races as you beckon me to join you outside for a barefoot walk across the soft, green lawn freshly washed in rain. You, oh summer,...
Corn and pumpkins
art country life culture family flowers food gardening home inspiration knitting Life lifestyle love marriage photography recipes shopping summer travel women
The farmer who works our fields planted corn this year; it has been four years I think since there was corn growing out there. By this time corn around here (and lots of people grow corn around here) is usually taller than I am. This year, however, we had such a wet spring that many of the crops are behind schedule. Our farmer planted the corn late, which he pretty much had to do because there had been standing water out in the fields. At first, it just looked sort of sad to see little struggling corn stalks coming up...
And here, I confess
art children country life country living culture faith family farm flowers food gardening gifts health home inspiration knitting knitting for babies Life love marriage personal photography Photos recipes relationships shopping socks spirituality summer travel weight loss women yarn
I had determined not to talk about this, but I changed my mind because telling you what I am about to tell you might help someone who reads my blog. So, here goes. I am doing Weight Watchers, the online program. I am not particularly into diets, and favor instead lifestyle changes as being the only really viable means of addressing weight and health related issues. I was nice and trim when we got married five years ago, but each year since I have put on an average of five pounds which usually happens over the winter months (big surprise). ...
PoppyTalk Handmade, inspiring and refreshing
art blogging culture gifts home inspiration Life shopping women
Just a quick post here to share something cool. My son's Etsy store, Flying Junction, is featured in the current online, curated market, "On The Road" at Poppy Talk Handmade. If you are not familiar with Poppy Talk, in their own words they are, "the original curated online marketplace or exhibition site for emerging design talent. We are the only site of it's kind that has been blogging since 2005." There is a Poppy Talk blog, you might be interested in following and then there is the Poppy Talk Handmade Market where you can find not only Flying Junction, but...
Hostas, my vista baby
agriculture art country life country living culture faith family farm flowers gardening home inspiration knitting Life love marriage personal photography Photos relationships romance shopping summer travel Upstate New York women
Do you remember when I wrote about planting hostas back in June of 2008? Well, take a look at how those hostas have grown. There are plenty more around the house in various locations, but those we planted by this old, quaint but out-of-use back porch came in with gusto this year. Since planting them, I have often seen other folks' hostas, some quite huge and lush and longed for ours to attain such grandeur. Imagine my delight when I looked outside one morning after many days of rain and saw how wonderful abundant our hosta display had become. This...