I am SO buying these tulips again this year Is it possible that I really took 52 photos in the span of 12 minutes? And my husband doesn’t want me to get the new camera. (As if it wouldn’t get plenty of use, honey.) Now back to the tulips…I actually […]

Cow timer I purchased in Saugatuck one fine day (catch another view here)

Rooster art I picked up in Chicago last Memorial Day weekend There are certain things that really bring home the realization that your own problems are very tiny. Maybe you hear about a tragedy on the news or, in my case, you know a person who’s experiencing something very devastating. […]

Flowers of a crabapple tree that graces our front yard We moved into our house in June, when summer was more or less already in swing. It was the following spring, as we were driving around from here to there, that I began to notice all of these beautiful flowering […]

What does one do with a weed-filled area near the air conditioning unit? After forcing the husband to hoe up the grass, she plants Two hours. Six holes. Three bags of compost. Two bags of mulch. One still-to-be-completed bed. It’s a start. It’s always a start when your yard is […]

Soon-to-be-painted window ledge in our living room A year ago I began receiving an increase in spam. Tons of it. It didn’t just wham-bam hit my in-box one magical day. Several additional annoying emails began to trickle in each day, and as months went by, it’s gotten ridiculous. I’m talking […]

My “I’m gonna kick yer ass” shoes Why a photo of my shoes? Cuz I love ’em! They’re comfy…like walking on air. And they’ve helped me keep my balance during all those frenzied kicks I have to pull off in order to look like I’m keeping up during my kickboxing […]

White azalea

One of the flowering trees at Wedel’s Nursery Any time I traipse around the stores with my mom, we usually end up at a garden center. This time I picked up a new hydrangea to go along with the lilac, burning bush, euonymous, hollyhocks, and sedum that I’ve already bought […]