Summer recipes worth making, three books for the nightstand, and everything else I found this week Friday is my favorite day of the week. I know plenty of people who would argue for Saturday, and I understand, but Friday has always held something for me that Saturday cannot quite replicate. I wake up with a…
Four recipes for the long weekend, three books, and everything else I found this week It is Memorial Day weekend. How did that happen. One minute it was New Year’s Eve and now here we are at the unofficial start of summer, trying to remember where we put the citronella candles. The weather is not…
Three recipes from bloggers I love, three books for the weekend, and everything worth reading this week Friday, I love you. I know a lot of people have a thing for Saturday, but Friday is mine. There is something about the feeling of it, the week unwinding, the house waiting to be set right, and…
Timeless style, flattering fits, and why a little white dress belongs in every woman’s wardrobe. There is something about a white dress in summer that never fails. It is cool in the heat, elegant without effort, and somehow makes you look as if you are on your way somewhere wonderful, even if you are only…
A cold, gray, perfect weekend, the Kentucky Derby, dachshunds who will not go out in the rain, and a story about the great green room Saturday morning the weather app said 47 degrees. It was gray and drizzling. By some miracle it stayed that way all day, and I loved every minute. I am not…
Three recipes worth making, three books worth reading and a week that smelled like honeysuckle The weather this week has been something. Cool mornings, warm sunny afternoons, and everywhere I go in the yard there is honeysuckle. That smell. The birds are carrying on like they haven’t caught up with one another in weeks. The…
It started with Love’s Baby Soft. If you are of a certain age you remember it — that pale pink bottle, that powdery sweet cloud of a scent that was less a perfume than a promise. The promise of growing up. Of smelling like something other than your mother’s Ivory soap. I was twelve, maybe…
Heat, hawks, a nest I can’t stop watching, and the most beautiful spring garden I’ve seen in years By 9:30 Sunday morning, the front yard had turned into a congressional hearing. Not the quiet kind — the kind with everyone talking at once and nobody listening. I had been out earlier on the front porch…
Friday Favorites~a weekly series where we share our favorite books, decor, Â fashion finds, recipes, podcasts, articles and more. Friday Favorites No. 674 Good morning friends, I hope that you had a lovely week. The weather here is warming up and sadly I can feel the winds of change, soon a new season will be upon…
Reasons to Stay, Ben West, Rob Parsons, and more on Weekend Meanderings. Weekend Meanderings Good Saturday morning friends. and a happy Valentine’s Day to you. It’s time for Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet. Join us as we share all of the things that piqued our interests and caught our eye this week. I hope…
Alex Azat, Gracie Studio, The Last Dinner at Wisteria House and more. Monday Musings No. 207 Good morning friends! I hope this chilly Monday morning finds you well and rested from whatever fun you enjoyed this weekend. Did you watch the Olympic? The Super Bowl? I watched a few of the ice skaters and skipped…
Friday Favorites~a weekly series where we share our favorite books, decor, Â fashion finds, recipes, podcasts, articles and more. Friday Favorites No. 672 Good morning friends! I hope that you had a lovely week. It was beautiful here with the snow while it lasted, which sadly was not long enough for me. I will just have…
