Read my latest post at Fiskars on what to do for the garden while you're away. If you visit around their site, you'll find …
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After the tornadoes, still here
First, I am fine. The house still stands. Thank you so much for your tweets and FB messages. It made me feel loved. The large …
Be it ever so humble . . .
Home. What memories does that word conjure up for you? For me, it's a garden full of earthly delights starting with bulbs …
Just call me a plant buying fool
Do you remember in 2009 when I gave up buying plants for Lent? This Lent, I decided to give up desserts instead. It's a much more …
Wednesday: quiet home day
Today was a quiet home day as are most Wednesdays. I stay away from the computer and just do those things which keeps the RDR …
Record breaking snowfall hits Oklahoma
Yesterday, at least twelve and a half inches of white stuff fell on central and north central Oklahoma. Tulsa got even more snow, …
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Let the feasting begin
Christmas is nearly upon us. Do you have your shopping done? I hope so because the malls will be even bigger nightmares tomorrow. …
Dreaming of sugar plums and channeling Martha
Sometimes, Martha Stewart gets a bad rap. People snidely remark that they aren't Martha (as if that were a "good thing"), and we …
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Butterflies, yes or no? A conversation.
"Do you like butterflies," asks Bear as we drive to see Entangled at the matinee. I could wonder why she was thinking of …
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Sometimes, things just go awry
If you are squeamish about animals and their wicked ways, don't read any further. When you own chickens out in the country, you …
Up and down
Up and down, the weather forecast for many of a day of late. Yesterday, it was frosty out on the pumpkin. Today, pretty warm. This …