Well, I hit a milestone yesterday. The year is only half over and I've read 100 books. Never done that before. Granted, many were juvenile and young adult as I tried to empty my shelves to donate to daltongirl's classroom library, but still. … [Continue reading] about 100 books
Hopping

Three days of the Beehive Shop Hop has resulted in the following: My camera and the lighting is showing these as a somewhat black background for the frogs and lizards, but it's actually a warm chocolate brown with greens, teals, and oranges … [Continue reading] about Hopping
2 years old!

One year ago, Scott & I participated in a miracle by attending Aaron's one year party and releasing balloons in memory of all the Trisomy 18 babies not fortunate enough to have made it to that milestone. Well, last night we released 4 balloons, … [Continue reading] about 2 years old!
What’s blooming today?

It's June and the daffodils are done but the late spring flowers are on. Here's a sampling of what's going on out in my flower gardens right now. They're starting to look pretty good now that all the seedlings are finally in the ground and it's … [Continue reading] about What’s blooming today?
Vertical garden structure-hooray!

I've been wanting vertical structures for the vegetable garden for a long time and it's just never happened, so today we were out weeding and planting some more veggies and I mentioned that Scott should lash together a structure for the cucumbers … [Continue reading] about Vertical garden structure-hooray!