They say time flies when you're having fun , so I guess I must be having a blast.  Actually, I think I am.  I love this time of year.  T...

Draft folder clean up .  We all have those unfinished posts that hide out in our draft folder, on scrap pieces of paper, or in Word docum...

Let the canning begin! Yes, it's that time of year.  The tomatoes are coming fast and furious and wait for no one.  This weekend we pi...

The man standing in his own kitchen-garden, with fairyland opening at the gate,  is the man with large ideas. ― G.K. Chesterton,  Heret...

Tim once again had great pictures for this month's theme.  Here is his guest post.   A peach and herb covered chop with a garden-...

We decided to have an Independence Day party this year.  And, you know how it it.  There's always one more "project" that will...

When I was digging out the last shrub of my never-ending-but-it's-going-to-be-finished-this-summer landscaping project, the shovel hit ...

WIPs lately have moved from inside to out.  Over the last couple of years I have been redoing the landscaping in the front of the house.  Sh...

When I saw this month's theme, Color , I loved it immediately.  I knew right away what I wanted to shoot, all the spring flowers and ...

When I started posting my "First Photos" back in January of 2014 I wasn't sure I would stick to it.  After all, I'm pre...

The votes are all in and it was unanimous.  We have a Pumchini!  Pumchini  "Family Picture" Beside the bread, we have had p...

We had a number of "volunteer" plants pop up in the vegetable garden this year.  Most were easily identifiable - pumpkins, acorn s...

- one - The rain finally abated and we have had some beautiful, wonderful, gorgeous weather.  I'm loving all of it ( can't you t...

I never get tired of seeing deer in the yard.  I don't even mind sharing the mulberries and apples that they glean from our two trees.  ...

We have tried to grow pumpkins in gardens past but were never very successful.  That is all changing this year.  Our little patch has at lea...