I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I cannot believe the holiday season is now upon us!  I took the opportunity after breakfast this morning to build an advent wreath.  The season of Advent marks the Catholic tradition of preparing one’s heart for the celebration of the birth of Christ in the weeks leading […]

John and I celebrated seven years last month!  Our original plan was to go to the shore for the weekend, but with our hectic work schedules we decided to stick around town.  Sometimes a staycation is just as relaxing, minus the long drive or plane ride to some place exotic.  We took the afternoon and […]

I know…pictures of gardens can be…boring.  But I simply could not stop myself from riding around my neighborhood last week with my bike and my camera.  Its been a delightful summer weather-wise and all these plants having been loving it, along with the rest of us.  I know I have. Wyndmoor is one of those […]

I just got home from Lancaster county where we threw a baby shower for my sister, Heather.  She and my brother-in-law, Brett are expecting in October and I am excited for the opportunity to be an Auntie again.  We chose a nautical theme for the shower which she plans to carry over to the nursery […]

John and I just returned from an absolutely phenomenal trip to Italy with our family.  We spent three days in Rome and then drove south for a week in Positano, off the Amalfi coast.  It was heavenly.  Here are some of the highlights…

Not as pretty as February’s bouquet, but this one turned out rather cheerful.  I made it for my friend Rosella for her birthday using hydrangea, spider mums, sea holly and purple aster (all courtesy of Produce Junction…where else?)  Of course, no gift bouquet is complete without a ribbon and card; I used an old strip […]

I hope you all had a nice Valentine’s Day weekend.  John and I sure did.  Here are some pics of the cookies I did this year: lemon shortbread lips and chocolate shortbread hearts.  The lemon lips were good, but the chocolate hearts were FAB.

Today, my friend, I remember you.  You would have been 78 today.  Wish you were still here so I could stop in for some beef stew and ask you what the heck is this fuzzy pod-thing I found on my run yesterday.

Here is a pretty little arrangement I put together using inexpensive flowers from Produce Junction: purple cala lilies, miniature red roses, purple chrysanthemums, and red hypericum berries.  I put them in a red glass candy dish my friend Julie gave me years ago.  I love the way this one turned out.

Just got back from Produce Junction.  Where else can you get three different bunches of flowers for $4.25?  Add them to a thrift store vase and voila; instant winter mood-lifter.