Back at the computer again…

Thank you everyone for your patience and support during the past year with all our changes. The move to the new building, the addition of the flower market and all the confusion that comes along. We are starting to feel settled and getting organized. So I am back at the computer full of ideas to [...]

Posted by on May 22nd, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

June 1 – National Go Barefoot Day

June 1 – National Go Barefoot Day. Need I say more…Well, maybe. Celebrate by getting a pedicure?  Paint your toenails a fun color or in your favorite baseball team’s colors? Walk along the beach letting the water rush between your toes? Just go into the backyard and wiggle your toes in the grass? Other ideas?

Posted by on June 1st, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

The Sounds of Summer Continued…

Another way to enjoy the sounds of summer are the free local concerts in neighborhood parks. In Greenville, we have the local Rotary Club with Thursday night music at Tower Riverside Park. Another near-by city Rockford has their free concerts named the Rogue River Blues Series which is on Tuesday evenings. Grand Rapids has a [...]

Posted by on May 31st, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Another day of summer fun – planning for the summer

As we start the summer, let’s think of the sounds of summer. What is your favorite summer song? Beach Boys ‘Summer Time’? Please share with me. I’m thinking of a new play-list for my iPod as I break in my new roller blades. What should be in that list? Or maybe it is time to [...]

Posted by on May 31st, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

First Day of Summer Fun

Let’s start the summer with appreciating each day’s simple glories. This is the first day after Memorial Day weekend. The weekend that starts the summer so let’s start the summer enjoying life. This weekend the peonies in my backyard popped open. I have been watching the buds but as a watched pot never boils the [...]

Posted by on May 30th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Pruning Shrubs 101

Can you believe this winter? It has been so mild that I have been itching to get into the garden. How about you? Well as I was driving today I had my first sign that I could get started in the garden. The sign? An orchard had workers out pruning the fruit trees. Late winter [...]

Posted by on March 8th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Bird watching – a Winter Sport?

Winter has been mild so far this season. This has left many of the snow activities on hold until we get the white stuff. But there is still one activity that I enjoy more in the winter than in the summer – bird watching. I enjoy watching the birds in the backyard. The joy of [...]

Posted by on February 14th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Resolutions for 2012 – Creating a Home

The end of a year and the start of a new one – it’s a time for resolutions. Most of us start the year with resolutions to lose weight, to slowdown, stress less or to stop smoking. I’ve made them and broke them. So this year as I was thinking of what my resolutions would [...]

Posted by on January 2nd, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Refurbishing 101

I enjoy revamping things – from cleaning up an antique, making over someone else’s junk (now my treasure) to creating something new. And apparently I am not alone. As I earlier wrote about all the television channels, magazines and blogs dedicated to it, I know I am not alone. Last September, Meet Downtown Greenville held [...]

Posted by on November 23rd, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Advent Photo Calendar

In an earlier blog and the Buzz newspaper I promised to put more detailed instructions on the advent photo calendar. So here it is… Cut a piece of mat board to roughly 16” x 20” and cover it with decorative paper. Use a glue stick, photo tape or white glue thinned down with water (this [...]

Posted by on November 21st, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized
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