Actually, they’re more like anniversarys but we celebrate their birthdays on the days they came to us. We got Nicky (on the left) from the Humane Society when she was 18 months old. Teddy was rescued off the street. We think he was about a year old then. Nicky […]

This is my sister, Dee. She is the family baker, making fancy cakes and pies from scratch. She made this walnut spice cake for my granddaughter’s 3rd birthday. The cake is sitting on her precious depression glass cake plate. She’s quite the gardener, too. Those decorative flowers on top […]

Thanks to Donna’s blog, I found this delightful little link. Here’s my rendition of me (and my adoring entourage) with that all-so-important first cup of coffee. Mmmmmm….

Journey (or Patty, as I like to call her) was due on April 4 but decided not to arrive until April 10. She came to visit me with her mommy, Jennifer, and her grandmother, my sister, Dee today. She’s a sweet little baby and I can’t wait until she’s old enough to spend […]

We had an unexpected snow with freezing rain and below-freezing temperatures last week. I’m sure my two beautiful flowering crab trees and my Japanese lilac tree are going to suffer this year. But after the snow melted and temperatures began to steadily increasing it got me to thinking about the new addition to […]

Click to enlarge!Katie’s birthday is coming up on April 22. She’s going to be 10! She’d love to hear from all of her fans who want to wish her a happy birthday!

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I’ve had this original Adolph Heinze for about 25 years. This had belonged to a former boss, Gayle Johnson, and it had been hanging in our office long before I even came to work with him. Back then we all smoked in the office (no open windows, no ventilation system to […]

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Three of my favorite pieces in the loveliest of bright red and creamy white with brilliant touches of platinum–beautiful….