Been trying to clean up my mess today...lol.  Vacuumed and dusted and straightened and did not mop, because in the middle of my vacuuming,...

News flash:  It's getting ready to rain again !!!  The skies are dark and the thunder is rolling.   And because of all this rain, we ...

  As you can see, the giant hostas are making their debut. I went to a plant sale today, put on by the Women of Pappy's market, and whe...

Spring at last ??  It could happen. Yesterday I snipped fresh chives from the garden for my salad. I also dug up some runaway perennial oni...

   Lemon Meringue Pie...sure to please. This is a wonderful recipe I found in one of my old Farm Journal cookbooks...tweaked a little here ...

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor....I have been up for hours, made a big Sunday breakfast for th...

Here we are...on the first day of the 8th month.  It's a Sunday.  I made a breakfast of sausages and eggs and toasted homemade Italian ...

The week, t hat is. It's been busy busy garden time around these parts, and naturally, I'm trying to juggle too many things. sigh......

Blazing hot here today. I've been outside off and on...sweeping decks and burning papers and feeding chickens. But mostly I am inside. T...

 This is one of the Stonehead cabbages from my garden.   Someone is nibbling away at the outer leaves of all of them (I have about 8).  Gues...

  Ahhhhh...a picture of one of my giant ant magnets in the front yard. This peony looks better this year than it has in the 5 years we'v...

This was one ass-kickin' MD weekend for me.    On Saturday, my brother and family came and we grilled burgers and dogs and brats, and t...

 And here it is...nearly 11 pm.  I honestly thought I would get here early and catch up..oh well.  It was a great day and the weather even c...

  This has been  an absolutely perfect day. I got up this morning and straightened the house, vacuumed...you know. Then I sat out on the ba...

This is a new Goodwill find...caught my eye and spoke to me, so I ponied up the 2  dollars for it. ******************************   An in...

Since cats seem to be the theme of the week around this blog, I found this adorable picture too. Some of the most amazing acrobats, these f...

These are a sweet little thing called Surprise Lilies. About a month after the green sword-like leaves all die away, up pops this long gre...