Woo-hoo! Here in Kansas City, we had a beautiful, warm weekend, and all the bulbs hibernating underground loved it! It’s so exciting to see the colors burst out of the ground. Seriously, this makes me smile and improves my mood. I despise winter, so to get to this point each year is a huge milestone! […]
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3.5 stars — I ended up liking the book overall, but it was a very slow read. The author had an interesting approach intertwining the story with productions of Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town. There was one flashback scene toward the end that felt unnecessary and just tossed in for some shock value. But I
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It’s not your traditional holiday flower, but it’s blooming, and that makes me happy! I love indoor flowering plants. I’ve get a few orchids, the African violet and a Christmas cactus. The cactus is starting to bud, so it might be flowering on time. One of the orchids just finished a bloom cycle, and another
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I love a good BTL with toasted bread, crisp bacon and a ripe, homegrown tomato. But sometimes I’d rather skip the bread. Here’s a BLT variation that I also love — and without the carbs. Just use leaves of romaine lettuce and tuck the good stuff inside to make a BLT lettuce wrap. For some
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It’s National Apple Day! And it’s the only season I can find the best apples — SweeTango! I discovered this variety several years ago at the Cornell University Orchard in Ithaca, NY. They are soooo good. But they’re hard to find. I found them this year at my local Sprouts. If you get a chance,
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I’ve been busy harvesting the seeds from my garden of zinnias and cosmos. Hoping that I can plant the seeds in the spring and have another robust and colorful patch of flowers next year. I have so many destructive squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits around my yard that I never know from one year to the
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I’ve read a couple of really good books recently and highly recommend A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner and Someone Else’s Shoes by JoJo Moyes. A Fall of Marigolds has an interesting historical timeline and focuses on two American tragedies. I loved the camaraderie and women-against-the-odds aspect of Someone Else’s Shoes. Both have well-developed
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There’s always a chance of seeing some wildlife in Colorado. We often see deer. We always see hummingbirds as well as many other varieties of birds. Once, we had a fox on our front porch. But on our most recent trip to Colorado, we had a surprise visitor. We’re sad that we didn’t get to
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Last year, my husband and I started a new flower bed in our. It was kind of an eyesore through the winter, as we’d covered it with cardboard to help get rid of the scraggly grass and weeds. This spring, we planted a ton of zinnias and cosmos to give a pop of summer color
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–True Friends are Great Riches (author unknown)– It’s International Day of Friendship, a day to celebrate friends, buddies, pals around the world! Time to stop and think about all the friends you have and how you made them over the years. Do you have friends in other parts of the world? Friends from childhood? From
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