Garden Inspirations
January can be a bleak month here in the Northeast. This makes it a great time to do some garden planning. Since the first of the year , I have […]
Keeping Christmas Traditions Alive
As Christmas grows near its time to make preparations for our family’s traditional Christmas Eve Supper. My Grandparents came from Eastern Europe and brought their ethnic recipes with them. My […]
The Apple Cone
“Colonial Williamsburg has long been known for its elegant cone decorations, most especially for the apple cone. This way of arranging fruit has been popular for many years.” There is […]
Williamsburg style decorations
Some years ago we took a trip to Colonial Williamsburg, Va. I have always loved colonial architecture and decorations. We got to tour the homes and enjoy the gardens and […]
Don’t you just love a bargain?
We were just out to do a few short errands : buy cat food and drop off some unwanted items at the Salvation Army. And then it happened … We […]
Halloween Trick No Treat
In preparation for the impending doom forecast , I feverishly worked in my yard and garden that morning of Oct 29,2011. So much to do so little time… Had to dump […]
Merits of the Garden Journal
Over the past few years I have started a garden journal. I have come to terms with the fact that I can NOT remember everything I planted, how it fared, […]
A unique arcitectural element
My husband and I have always had a great appreciation for historic elements. We built a Garrison home with a colonial emphasis but it has some Victorian accents ( a propagative when designing your own). […]
New life to an old cupboard
A few years ago we decided to rid the upstairs to our garage of all its junk and make it into a sports bar/ rec room. This project had been […]
Froggie finds a home
I have a small water garden in a half whiskey barrel on my patio. Two little frogs have made a home there. I think they were drawn to the big […]
Chronicles of life as an incurable do it yourselfer 