This is the first year I’ve been able to get my amaryllis bulbs to re-grow and reproduce for me. This white one is a real beauty, though the pink & white striped one is now pushing out of the pot… Read more
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Host/Hostess Gift Etiquette
{NOTE: In this particular blog post, the photos included are not my own, with the exception of just one. I have given credit for each of the sources.} It’s the time of year when we begin receiving more invitations to… Read more
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Art: If no birds sang
“Use the talents you possess — for the woods would be silent if no birds sang but the best.” ~Henry Jackson Van Dyke “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” ~Pablo Picasso… Read more
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a girl named Amaryllis
This perky amaryllis is currently blooming in the window at the front of our little cottage by the sea. It’s the first amaryllis I’ve actually been able to get to re-bloom for me! Did you know that Amaryllis means sparkling in… Read more
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A world where there are Octobers
PREAMBLE: I wrote and put this post together on Thursday, the final day of October, but held it back so I could give the “before/after” post some time to be viewed first. Then serendipity took over. On Friday morning I… Read more
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Before and After: Front Door
When we bought our home, I loved a lot about it. As we lived in it a while, I realized the front entry was always shadowed and quite dark, not at all inviting to guests arriving up the driveway. I… Read more
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gold in its pocket
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” – Jim Bishop “Pearl” “Austin” I thought it was time Pearl and Austin had some ‘face time’ so here they are in golden autumn splendour — inside a… Read more