BANANA BLUEBERRY BREAD
Banana Blueberry bread: are you hungry yet? BANANA BLUEBERRY BREAD Print 10 mins 40 mins 50 mins Easy to make and oh so good. Freezes very well. Author: Libby via Epicurious Recipe type: Quick...
View ArticleFRIDAY FLOWERS: CONTAINER GARDENING
Container gardening is one of the things I love most about gardening. I love the colors and textures (surprise, surprise, right?) Containers can, sometimes, be the only way to garden in a difficult...
View ArticleMY MARIE KONDO MOMENT
Are you a fan of Marie Kondo and the KonMari movement? Do you try to have your tidying up moments “spark joy?” To be honest, I have not read the book. I’ve looked at it. And lately I have watched...
View ArticleFRIDAY FLOWERS: APRIL GARDEN CHORES
Lots of small jobs around the garden this week: time to update the pots! I had won (at a garden club dinner!) these two planters years ago and love them. For years they were sort of planter orphans: no...
View ArticleHOUSE RENOVATION: BATHROOM
Our house was built in 1992 and had just one owner until we bought it in 2010. We live in a planned community or a “subdivision.” There are almost 2,000 residents and many different neighborhoods, some...
View ArticleFRIDAY FLOWERS: THE TULIPS
Tulips My very favorite flower. This was not my best year for tulips. I think the warm winter didn’t allow them time to fully develop: some of them came up quickly, were short and stumpy, or had flower...
View ArticleHOUSE RENOVATION: THE STAIRS
Our house was built in 1992. One woman lived here until we bought it in 2010. We think she never, ever went upstairs (master bedroom is on ground floor) and thus the carpeting on the staircase and...
View ArticleTHE JOYS OF A COTTON COVERLET
A cotton coverlet is a joy to behold, and to sleep under! Do you use one? So many beds are now covered with a duvet which is then covered with a removable cover. Well, we tried that route. And tried...
View ArticleMY NEW FAVORITE PERENNIAL
My new favorite perennial (for autumn) is: Helianthus salicifolius ‘Low Down’ Look at all that brilliant yellow! These plants are now about 18″ tall and, knowing I just planted them in April, I am...
View ArticleIS IT REALLY YOU, LIBBY?
Oh, I know. It’s been many months! So here we are. All of us at home; some of us are beginning to emerge. How are you doing? The weeks turned into months and now..well..maybe you are socializing just a...
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