Summer in Virginia is hot, sticky, and humid and just when you think you can’t take it anymore, in rolls a crisp, fresh breeze. Up go the windows to let the cool air waft in. Fall is my favorite season. I love the cool sunny days, the warm hearty suppers, and the changing of the leaves. I love the fact that I can pile on as many layers as I want and nobody knows that I ate one to many […]
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After a crazy day, make that a crazy week, sometimes I just like to goof off, shuffle things around, and then shuffle things around again. This tends to cause a bit of confusion with the hubby and chillies and I get a lot of “Moommm, where are the spoons?” I know it’s wrong but this always makes me laugh! Don’t tell the kids. This is the dining room where a lovely set of shutters have decided to live for a […]
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Sunday Fun-day! I guess I’m on a DIY kick! Once I start I just can’t seem to stop, it’s addictive. This is the piece of chicken wire I found on the side of the road a few weeks ago turned lantern. It was really quite easy to make once my hubby hooked me up with some heavy duty wire cutters. I cut the fencing to the length I wanted the lantern to be, you can see in the first picture […]
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My daughter and I have been out back picking flowers. This bouquet is hydrangea and mountain mint and is headed to my parents to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
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One of my very favorite things about summer vacation is the long leisurely suppers by the pool or on a picnic table in the woods, wherever we happen to go that year. Nothing fancy, we usually order takeout or cookout on the grill. But along with some melon or strawberries and a bottle of wine, you have something special and reminiscent of those sweet summer days. Well its not quite summer, and we have no travel plans this weekend so […]
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We inherited a never ending shrub and flower bed with our new to us home. Apparently one of her previous owners had one heck of a green thumb! We are slowly working on getting our yard back under control, but those weeds just keep popping back up. The peonies look lovely in the garden, or cut and brought inside.
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