My “baby” sister turned 39 this month….and probably will always be “39” from now on. Or is it 29? Either way….she’s 11.5 years younger me — the brat. For her birthday, I took lots of pics of her kids in Shirts that my Baby Girl made. I also took pic of her and her hubby … Read More
Is it over?
It used to feel like summer was over when I crawled in bed on Labor Day night. Here is it August 20th and it feels like summer is over. A cold day of 67 degrees and bouts of rain, with a cool breeze added to the “end of summer” feeling. But this activity on … Read More
Bloom’n Cactus
DIY Guy has a cactus collection. It all started when his mom sent him to college with a cactus “start” from one of her cactus plants. Over the years his cactus has had many “babies” which he likes to plant as starters for other people. There have been times when we’ve had dozens of little … Read More
Hot Date
Baby Girl wrote this on her Facebook wall last night: Danae has a hot date tonight! 🙂 Taken just before they left for dinner out – and mini golf. Daddy wasn‘t so sure about this outfit. Neither was someone else in Mike’s family. I say, “wear it while you can girl”! Wondering about those ice cream sandwiches? Wonder no more . . . Conclusions: 1. The recipe … Read More
Tomorrow I shall . . .
Perhaps all you ladies out there are wondering how I manage to get DIY Guy to go with me – year after year (for the past 17 years) to Gold Rush (antique show). This is how. and there is no effort on my behalf. He goes with me to consume these amazing homemade ice cream sandwiches. Every … Read More
Cottages?
Cottage Living – on steroids. I used to be somewhat hesitant to call our home “The Cottage” – fearing it is too big to be considered a cottage. But now that I’ve been to Jekyll Island’s Historic District and seen the COTTAGES there, I am no longer hesitant. These actual cottages used around the turn … Read More
Whatchamacallit
My first memories of these were stone…possibly exposed aggregate…but I’m not sure. They were in the town (village?) where my grandparents had their summer home. We called their summer home “The Cottage”. The highlight of any “trip into town” was getting a drink from one of these on the street corner. We referred to them … Read More
Over 25,000 gallons
We’ve had a hose constantly running (cold) water into our pool all summer. Holes in a pool liner are no fun at all. Running cold water in your pool all day and night doesn’t make for warm pool water either. Tonight DIY Guy patched another hole in the liner. It is the third hole … Read More
Buying Chickens
Today I drove to Squash Blossom Farm to buy some chickens. The farmstead is about 5 minutes (maybe less) from the cottage (my house). The farmstead is so quaint and interesting. I was greeted by Susan as I pulled in the driveway, and she graciously gave me a tour of the farm before I left … Read More
a different view
I don’t usually have a good seat at weddings to take photographs, but thanks to being closely related to the groom – we scored ourselves front row seats at our nephew’s wedding on Saturday. Having a front row seat opens up “out of the ordinary” photo possibilities. For instance, these adorable flower girls were right … Read More