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Hollyhock Season!
I remember the day that I took that Hollyhock picture. My youngest daughter, Julia, took the picture, and I was reflecting on being in...
Mar 31, 20211 min read


Memories in the Garden...and a Veg Tour!
I went completely off the rails in this video. I started with the veg garden and ended up talking about wedding dresses. You'll have to...
Mar 30, 20211 min read


Easter Preview!
I'll just let these beautiful little eggs delight you...and tell you that I have been bingeing on the most diverting and enjoyable...
Mar 29, 20211 min read


Somebunny Loves You!
I'm literally trying to process what just happened...we got an appointment for a Covid vaccination on April 1st! I'm still leery, but I...
Mar 28, 20211 min read


Talking to my Plants!
As I listened to myself talk to my plants...I noted the ways I talked to them. I was alternately grateful, affirming, or encouraging....
Mar 25, 20212 min read


Easter in the Garden!
I've been in the garden every day this week, and it has felt rejuvenating. And relaxing. I hope you can feel that too. Easter will be...
Mar 24, 20211 min read


Tomatoes (AND Baby!) on the Way!
Grandbaby #2 is on its way! Nine days until due date! So, of course, we are preparing by getting into the garden! What better way to get...
Mar 23, 20211 min read


TomatoMania!
TomatoMania is a traveling tomato show! It's a company that curates both common and unusual tomato seedlings to sell to backyard...
Mar 22, 20212 min read


Tulip Fever!
Tulip mania is a real thing! I wrote a little about it last year when I showed off my Delft China Tulipiere -- a vase especially for...
Mar 21, 20212 min read


Spring Shopping!
First I have to tell you...one of the eaglets is hatching! The moderators of the Friends of Big Bear Valley Bald Eagle (FOBBV) Webcam...
Mar 18, 20212 min read


Obsessed !!!
CLICK LINK BELOW to see the EAGLES - 24/7 !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7utMaDb1W08 The link in the picture doesn't work. Click...
Mar 17, 20213 min read


Top of the Mornin' to You!
The day has finally arrived! When my girls were little, we would start the day with green milk in their cereal, which really tickled...
Mar 16, 20211 min read


Day O'Dancing!
As promised, some homegrown Irish Step dancing from my beautiful daughters. You can see from the initial picture the stage makeup and...
Mar 15, 20211 min read


Mulligatawny Soup!
Except for the thumbnail of this video ( completely stupid!) and the cockatoo look of my hair when I turn to the side, (again?) this is...
Mar 14, 20211 min read


Un-Vaccinated.
It was a roller coaster day. But it ended badly. Hugely disappointed that we did not get vaccinated today as we had hoped. And so ironic...
Mar 11, 20212 min read


An Irish Dance Dress Tour!
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, I got my daughters Irish Dance Dresses out of storage to do a show and tell. This was so much fun!...
Mar 10, 20211 min read


Mr. Hubbell does a Taste Test!
This was way more complicated than I had planned! I started out just thinking that I would thin the radishes. Then, I thought, why not...
Mar 9, 20211 min read


Not Cranky!
Thanks to so many of you who commiserated with me about my crankiness! Some of you helped to cheer me -- and some of you gave me great...
Mar 8, 20212 min read


Cranky Pants!
Sometimes a good old fashioned complaining session is good for you. And I don't want to be a Pollyanna about my garden. Not everything...
Mar 7, 20212 min read


Daffodil Drifts!
Two things about this video. 1) Oh Lord. My Hair!!! I actually styled my hair this morning. I looked in the mirror. I thought that it...
Mar 4, 20211 min read
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