Archive for November, 2011

18 Nov

I never take for granted the privilege of sight.  Those who cannot see compensate by having acute senses in other areas, but I can see so can’t imagine what it would be like if I could not see the beautiful array of colors as flowers bloom in springtime and throughout the year.  I could smell [...]

18 Nov

One thing that we are thankful for during the month of Thanksgiving is the availability of Pomegranates. They are available in the fall in our supermarket, but the prices are reduced during the month of November, and we buy a couple each week. My husband was watching “Good Eats” with Alton Brown one night and [...]

17 Nov

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Puppies vs. Babies for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Puppies, babies, what can be cuter?  I am not working my garden now as it is “resting” for the winter, but do have time to look a cute pictures.  So it’s only natural that [...]

12 Nov

When this blog was started almost 4 years ago, it was inspired by seed and plant exchange page that I maintained on another website. As time has gone by, that aspect of the blog seems to have moved to the background even though there are links to such a page along the top above as [...]

04 Nov

Not long ago, I needed a ladder to get to the skylights inside our home.  Our bungalow style cabin on a lake has relatively low ceilings, so I don’t need much.  My husband has a huge extension ladder, and a small step ladder, both…even the small one…are cumbersome to carry and manipulate. For this reason, [...]