I read 7 books in the month of August, let’s take a look at my reviews. Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine CumminsMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI thoroughly enjoyed this multi generational story…

Another weekend at our camper is in the books. The bad news is that it was very windy on both Friday and Saturday night so we did not have a campfire. The good news is…

I’ve got a dahlia for you this week, this variety is Polka and it’s an anemone style dahlia. I love the pale yellow and the different style mixes well with the pompom varieties in a…

I think (fingers crossed) that the various problems associated with the blog are resolved. Comments seem to be working and I’ve figured out a way to get photos here as well, thanks to some great…

I should be sharing multiple photos of our Labor Day camping weekend today, but, alas, I was only able to upload this one. Dale riding his bike along the canal. I took the photo as…

Since we devoted an entire post to the dahlias earlier this week, the other flowers are demanding equal time. Today I’m sharing this container planting of lantana and coleus. It’s one of my favorites from…

Kym asked me to share some photos of my dahlia gardens and, as I’m always looking for blog fodder AND hoping to encourage more dahlia growers, I’m happy to oblige. To set the scene: my…

We had a great week of camping and did all of our favorite camping things. We hung out at the beach, although not as much as we would have liked since the beginning of the…

Today you get a bouquet of dahlias since I picked a bunch yesterday and filled 3 vases. I also picked about 100 zinnias and gave bunches of them away last night to our friends who…

Today’s 3 things are for those of us who identify as Swifties . . . On Monday, Taylor Swift put a countdown calendar on her website with an end time of 12:12am on Tuesday. There…

I’m joining in with Kat and my fellow knitters this week to talk about knitting and reading . . . I suppose to have something unraveled I’d have to actually have been knitting but my…

Another summer weekend in the books, this one with a special event on Saturday when we went to see a Jimmy Buffett tribute band called Changes in Latitudes. Long time readers of this blog will…