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These happy California poppies are growing outside my house on a hill.  Nothing kills them off, not even fires.  They re-seed and merrily reappear year after year, blooming from February all the way through to the end of summer.  They are native plants in our area and grow freely in the hills and other open […]

    My plan to sit on the sidelines while my husband and son did all the work in the garden failed miserably.  When my idea of doing a bit of hand sewing in the shade was met with incredulity, I soon found myself up to my elbows in potting soil, wet spagnum moss, and […]

Hello friends!  It was 81 degrees in Carmel Valley today, and my DH and I decided it was a perfect afternoon to go to our favorite garden nursery and buy some new plants to freshen up the backyard.  Our garden was hit hard by a bad frost we had this winter, and I have many […]

Don’t you just love a collection?  I only have five of them, but these big keys make me so happy.  The key, to me is a symbol of opportunity, discovery and mysteries to be solved.  It is a well known symbol of knowledge and power as well.  I found all five of these keys at […]

My fingers are a little tender after the marathon binding sew-in this weekend, but I did manage to get my new quilt finished and on my bed!  This quilt was a top I finished several years ago, but did not get around to having quilted until now.  Since all the labor on it is a […]

It was a fantastic vacation.  We enjoyed the sights, the accommodations, the food, and especially the wine.  My only improvements would have been that the weather could have been warmer and my husband could have remembered to bring his jacket.  After a week in southern Spain on the Costa del Sol, my husband and I […]

This my friends, is the all time most amazing greatest charm bracelet ever (except for my mom’s).  It is an antique for one thing, and made of gold for another.  This bracelet was also purchased by my husband as a gift for me.  Maury, our patient jeweler referenced previously, knowing I was interested in charm […]

This is my second charm bracelet, began on a trip to Williamsburg, Virgina.  The first charms I purchased were Colonial themed, such as the antique style baby cradle, pineapple and garden basket.  Remember back in the 80’s when everyone wore charms on key fob type charm holders around their neck?  Well, I have to admit […]

I collect charm bracelets.  My love of this particular piece of jewelry stems from my childhood.  When my parents were courting back in the 1940’s, my dad only saw my mother on the weekends when he came home from college.  Since he missed her very much while they were apart, he showed his affection for […]

I have a passion for flowers.  I love them in the garden, I love them in public places, I love them in arrangements, I love them in vast quantities anywhere at all.  Finding them gracious, harmonious and uplifting, I am truly nutured by having fresh flowers in my house at all times.  If anything could […]