Welcome to Veranda Beach. Do you have big plans for the summer? I’m hoping ours will involve warm temps and sunshine, both of which have been muy absent for the past week. I actually dragged …
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We have joy, we have fun, we have…
…seasons in the sun. “Waiter, I’ll have one of those… now, please!” (a season in the sun, that is; not to be demanding or anything). This month, the “Where Bloggers Live” crew is discussing “Favorite …
Continue readingOpen secret: I am an Aficionado of…
This month’s “Where Bloggers Live” post–on Collectibles– seems like it was tailor made for me. As a “collector,” I have to say that I might be one of the foremost experts in my genre. Allow …
Continue readingWeekend? What’s a Weekend?
Howdy! I’m squeezing in a hasty post today. You know why. It’s a “Where Blogger’s Live” post: “A Day in the Life. Weekend Edition.” Let’s be honest, For me, EVERY day is a weekend. I …
Continue readingThe Case of the Shiny Penny
Bless my friend, Bettye @Fashion Schlub, and the other participant friends of Where Bloggers Live for keeping my space open so I could come back today to enthrall you with “How I Do….” How you …
Continue readingThe living room, the poem, the bag and the bench
Welcome to the time travel post. Today, we’re hopping into the Way Back Machine…to revisit our first home, We’re headed back to a time when the amazingly crafty Carol Duvall was the queen of HGTV… …
Continue readingEye Candy for Everyone! A Mackenzie-Childs Photo Tour
Oh, man, am I in trouble! You should never take an easily distracted person on a tour of the Mackenzie-Childs Store and Farmhouse the week before their annual Barn Sale. I’ve never been to the …
Continue readingDo You Ever Say This?
“I wish it was three years from now.” There are only two contexts I can think of when I’ve ever dared utter those “wish-your-life away” words: When I was fifteen. Whenever we make a change to the …
Continue readingWhat I Didn’t Tell You About Last Summer….
Does this picture ring a bell? You might think you recognize it from last year just after I broke my knee. If so, this is actually the photo your enviable elephant memory is conjuring: …which means …
Continue readingHow Do I Break THIS News to Mr. D&D?
Maybe I should just stick to Winter, because so far I am already breaking Spring. After more consistent days of snow on the ground than I’ve seen in years, it finally cracked 70 degrees this …
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