I used to teach next to a teacher who forced bulbs into flowers every winter. Her desk was so cheery and smelled good. I did a little research on forcing bulbs and found out that you can put your bulbs into any medium that offers some drainage (I saw a picture of bulbs in Legos…). [...]
Have a wonderful, restful Thanksgiving.
and a picture I liked of the girls. Good job, Mr. Petrie. Well, I went all over looking for a turkey breast with no luck. But, the little produce store I frequent had a great deal on turkey: buy $25 worth of stock and get a free 12 pound turkey. What a great deal! I [...]
Ok, it is about one week until Turkey Day and I need to get my food prepared. You all know how I love to make ahead and freeze for the big day and I’m planning on doing it again for this holiday. Here’s what I have, so far: stuffing apple pie potatoes for mashed potatoes [...]
My natural hair color is a very dark brown, usually mistaken for black. I started to go white about 5 years ago and at least to me, it was very noticeable. This summer I finally broke down and dyed my hair. On a side note, this is the first time I have used Photo Booth [...]
Last week it got cold enough to kill off the vegetable garden. We can see the veggie garden from our main living area, so I thought it might be fun to plant a winter garden with pansies and kale. We bought a $25 flat of pansies. There were more flowers than I thought! I was [...]
When I tell Miss PD to smile, she has taken to squinting into the camera. I have picture after picture with this very “smile”. I suppose my camera smile isn’t much better! Like mother, like daughter (poor baby). Have a great Monday.
We try to get Miss Petrie on a horse every time she can. When we went to the Galloping Grace Pumpkin Patch, Renee got to ride Joe. Miss Petrie and Joe are old friends. She got to ride him at the Galloping Grace auction in August. She really wanted to ride Black, but Joe turned [...]