Farm Raised | Shoe Enthusiast | Baking Queen | Mom
My staycation has been … peaceful. Relaxing. Stress-free, even. As much as I love to travel (and I do!), there is something grounding about being able to stay home, follow my own schedule, do what I want to do around the house – when I want to do it. I’ve spent the past couple of […] Read more…
How was your weekend? Ours was nice and uneventful at home. We golfed, we enjoyed time on our patio, and today I packed up my suitcase for the next two weeks. I’m off to Washington DC tomorrow morning for a work-related conference and I’m looking forward to seeing my turkey peeps for a few days. […] Read more…
I love this time of year in my gardens. It takes a while for plants to really hit their stride in Minnesota, but by early June, I see a lot of green and blooms are starting to make their appearances as well. My trusty garden gnome watches over the gardens. Behind him is a container […] Read more…
Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. – Luther Burbank Aren’t these ‘Annabelle’ Hydrangea blooms crazy gorgeous? The blooms have now officially changed from white to green and they are absolutely enormous. I’m holding three blooms here and couldn’t even get my iPhone camera […] Read more…
“Gardening is akin to writing stories.” – Eudora Welty I love this quote, no doubt because I am both a writer and a gardener. I’m not quite sure if my gardens tell stories, but perhaps if they did, they would say I love an overabundance of color (I’m not terribly matchy-matchy) and I enjoy trying new […] Read more…
Where is August going? I feel the tick-tock of the back-to-school clock already … and I haven’t even gotten to the Minnesota State Fair yet. (The State Fair, by the way, is a pretty big deal for my office – I will promise to blog a bit about all the ways we (wait for it […] Read more…