Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The summer sizzle melted my mojo. Autumn left me feeling as colorless and crumpled as the dry, dead leaves crunching beneath my feet and as delicate and ready to disintegrate if stepped [...]

“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” ~ Unknown Do you know that the embryo flower of these paperwhite bulbs has been already formed and [...]

“My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.” ~ William Allen White The last of the dahlias have bloomed. I wanted to create something special. Something that would not involve a thirty minute ride to the closest store for supplies. Sitting in the sunshine amidst autumn splendor, I wove the [...]

“Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers.” ~ Hans Christian Andersen I wanted to make something extra special for the Princesses in my life—Amanda, Emily, Arianna and Alexandra. I had: 1 pumpkin 4 white guards aka mini-pumpkins 2 dowel rods, cut to the diameter of the pumpkin Heavy gauge florist wire [...]

“A September to remember. An October full of splendor. A November to treasure.” ~ La Prevenchere We haven’t finished decorating our front porch for fall yet but I wanted to share the door leading to the summer kitchen which is in a separate building from the rest of the house and connected by a breezeway. [...]

“Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black” ~ Henry Ford A 1997 Toyota Camry died suddenly on Wednesday morning, September 28th during a commute to work. She was 14 and had traveled over 135,000 miles  (112 in car years).  A gallant attempt to transport [...]

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus I didn’t can any of summer’s bountiful harvests.  Instead I preserved some autumn! I’ve seen this done as “vacation memory jars” on Martha Stewart’s site and decided to save my favorite season. The contents of the large vintage  canning jar includes: [...]

“We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.” ~ President George W. Bush 2,977 reasons why you should never forget September 11, 2001: Gordon M. Aamoth, Jr., 32, Sandler O’Neill + Partners, World Trade Center. Edelmiro Abad, 54, Brooklyn, N.Y., Fiduciary Trust Company International, World Trade Center. Marie Rose Abad, [...]

Jewelry takes people’s minds off your wrinkles.~Sonja Henie A fellow blogger and friend, Stephenie, from Decorating Addiction has recently become an Independent Stella & Dot Stylist. I am hosting an online Stella & Dot Trunk Show and YOU are invited! If you’ve never bought Stella & Dot before,you’re in for a real treat. Also, everyone that [...]

“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.” ~ Martin Luther I’ve been receiving a fresh bouquet of flowers every day throughout the summer. All I have to do is glance out my second floor windows at the mature crepe myrtles growing [...]