You may recall, from a post back in April, that I was working at spinning down my backlog of Hello Yarn Fiber Club installments. At the time I wrote that post I said I had…

Last Saturday we went to see Jimmy Buffett for the 5th year in a row. If you’ve never experience tailgating at one of these events, well, it’s sort of hard to explain. There are costumes…

Last summer we had a Ten On Tuesday topic for 10 books you wanted to read over the summer. That was fun but we had no way of knowing if any of those books were…

Last Wednesday night, while pretty much all of my friends were watching the Boston Bruins win The Stanley Cup, Dale and I went to our first Brockton Rox game of the season. The stadium was…

I do not like spiders at all but I do like spiderwort. I like it so much that  a few years ago I stole this spiderwort plant right out of my father-in-law’s yard. He didn’t…

Our CSA share last week included 2 quarts of strawberries with the option to pick an additional 2 quarts ourselves. I don’t generally participate in these PYO opportunities but I love strawberries so I couldn’t…

Lupine always reminds  me of our honeymoon in Maine.

Today is my 14th wedding anniversary and since it happens to fall on a Tuesday I totally chose this week’s Ten on Tuesday topic to reflect my feelings. Let’s get all romantic and talk about…

I don’t think it’s ever come up on the blog but Hannah, at age 18 (okay, almost 19 now) does not have her driver’s license. She got her permit when she turned 16 and she…

My hot pink peony only has 2 blossoms this year. Honestly, though, with a flower as gorgeous as this one I am not about to complain. It is magnificent and the photo doesn’t really do…

At the moment we have an antique bathtub sitting in our backyard. I’ll tell you why we have it eventually but for right now, at least, it’s become Hannah’s favorite place to hang out. She…

I’m always on the look out for new pie recipes, particularly ones that use seasonal fruit. When I saw this recipe for Strawberry Pie the other day I knew I had to make it.  Just…