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 […]

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.

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.

One year ago today this little one came into the world.  I’ll never forget driving Laurie to the hospital in twelve feet of snow, 11:30 at night, heart pounding, Laurie trying to manage her contractions next to me in the passenger seat. I’ve never witnessed a birth before.  It was truly the most awe-inspiring moment […]

I’ve been really into playing with paper lately.  One idea I had been toying with was to put together little handmade note card + matching envelope sets, each with their own theme, to give as gifts to friends over the holidays.  One set I made from an old seventies children’s book that I got at […]