Monthly Archives: July 2019

Gardening has been such a joy for me ever since I had my first home in Sellkirk New York in 1964.  That little brick ranch  had a huge stone planter in the front. I filled it with petunias our first … Continue reading →

It is 102 degrees here today;  heat index is 114!!   Needless to say, we are staying indoors, and blessing air conditioning.  Well, that’s not quite true…I’m running out every two hours to water plants.  But that is it! One … Continue reading →

Ahhhh….….a lazy summer is just the thing, isn’t it? A neighbor and I have been going to the pool a couple of times a week to do our own version of water aerobics;  I get outside to walk some days … Continue reading →

We don’t usually do much on the 4th of July, but this year we were invited to a picnic on Lake Anna, about an hour from here.   What a gorgeous vacation home:  a huge A-frame house on a three … Continue reading →