I really like different unique planters. This big ceramic shoe planter is one of my favorites. I keep it in my kitchen filled with (gasp!) a...

I was not in the mood to cook. I rarely am on Friday nights. I also did not want to go out to eat. When I get home on Friday night, I just w...

A quaint country shop after a beautiful fall drive Ahhhhh, the joys of Autumn... I am not a very accomplished pie maker, but I must say, I ...

Today at work I had to have a man arrested for “defrauding an innkeeper”. Yes, if you don’t pay your hotel bill, there really is a law that ...

I am already quite sick of seeing my profile picture, so I decided to change it. It was much more time consuming than I expected. I had, of...

My little town has a 13 mile paved walking/biking trail system that links the downtown area, the waterfront area, fairgrounds, our Island Pa...

Every once in a while I like to do something a little different with my nails. This is especially bright and cheerful, don't you think? ...

I am still working on transferring all of my picture files from floppies to CD's. I came across this old picture from 1990 when I was ma...

Nearly 80 degrees today and I spent the day dumping more plants. It is supposed to be nice and warm all week. This is very unusual October w...

This morning I decided to set my dining room table for fall. I started with a neutral color tablecloth and my silver charger plates. Then I ...

I just sat down at the 'puter after cooking and cleaning for the past three hours. While reading your comments, I had to chuckle over th...

I thought today I would post about how I do my fall cleanup for any new container gardener who may be wondering what should be done. It is i...

The Sedumn Autumn Joy has turned its dark rich color. A lot of my SAJ in the rock wall garden was trampled by falling/dragging tree branche...

Until today, I had very few house plants (two Christmas cactus to be exact). Now I have nine. I just could not toss the seven large hanging...

I can finally see the big old Maple Tree! Here is the before picture in case you can't remember how UGLY it was

I purchased these miniature asters from Breck's years ago. They probably should have been pinched back a few times to maintain a neat li...

The dreaded fall dumping has begun. What a mess! We have not had a frost yet, so things still look decent, but it will happen any day now. I...

The Murder Mystery weekend was so much fun. It was held in the banquet room of a casino, so there was always something to keep us busy. The...

Note the fresh flower garnish.