Thanks Leap Year, for letting me squeak this post in. Appreciate it. It's been fairly limited as gardening goes so far this month. The weather is mild, the backyard is still ripped up, and the leaves are finally starting to fall off the red oak in the front yard. Said yard also needs to be …
I love Valentine's Day and I judge anyone, pretty harshly, who says they don't. God we GET it- no one likes Hallmark or diamond commercials or spending $129 on a dozen roses. Where is your imagination though- who dictates that you have to celebrate it the way the commercials say?! You can totally go your …
Ah September, the time of year where the cold fronts move in and we get cool 98 degree weather. (That's... that's only half joking. It IS actually better than 104 degrees.) The children are off to school. And... that's it. Fall doesn't set in for a long time here, so it isn't really fall-esque around …
It's been yet another busy couple of weeks. We had our 15 year wedding anniversary (20 years together) and had a lovely couple of days with a dinner at home with the girls on our actual anniversary and a night out in San Antonio the next night just the two of us. It is my …
I've been out of town for a trade show all week, and JUST got back at 11:30 last night. So what did the morning (the late morning) entail aside from eating tacos and three cups of coffee and enjoying hanging out with my family again? That's right, this morning it was time for a garden …
So... lot of gardening going on lately, to the detriment of the bank account, but for the benefit of muscles and souls; so it's a good tradeoff. Besides, what else is money for? Oh, the mortgage, right. So here's what we're going to do- I'll be posting updates on the gardens, to record them as …
My husband and I love gardening- we like existing outside, as much as we can- and we like doing it in a nicely landscaped place. And I have dabbled enough in landscape design to be all annoying about it. I like a French Cottage style- not as chaotic as English Cottage, but still emphasizing an abundance …
