We have been back a week, and since the cottage sits empty seven months, there is always a lot of cleanup. I amended soil in three beds, p...

We were going to take a trip down to Anza Borrego to see the wildflowers, but that trip fell through.  Instead, we decided to go on a hike a...

I made Valentine's cards using vintage lace & fabric scraps, blank cards, card stock and a heart stamp with gold ink.  I sent them t...

I visited my sister in Hollywood over the MLK weekend.  We had planned to go to the Griffith Observatory, but there wasn't any parking e...

Our bike trip to Germany turned out to be a little disastrous.  I had a bad bike accident, and hurt my knee pretty badly. (still under ortho...

We have been in Kentucky since early June, and I have been absent from my blog.  Shame on me!  It seems that since I opened a Facebook accou...

Lily, Lily, Lily My Pretty Girl! I cooed those words to her for the last time on Monday. She lost her 2 1/2 month battle with Lymphom...

My sister and I spent three days at the quilt show this year, and one of our long time friends was able to meet us there for the day. The ...

We had a fun Christmas Eve at my sister's and brother-in-law's home.  My sister-in-law brought a selfie stick so we could all get in...

I recently won a giveaway from Marva at Purplepaint's Muse.   Her giveaway included this book by Danny Gregory that is a learning to dr...