We had a beautiful snowfall here on Saturday! Big featherlike flakes floated down like remnants of a celestial pillow fight. I couldn’t resist the urge to make a little video. My dog, Mabel, is probably the only one who gets more excited about snow than I do! Watch in HD over on Vimeo for the full snowflakey [...]
My impatiens were looking scraggly, so I replanted my window boxes today. At the garden shop I had so many winter flower options to choose from—pansies or more pansies. I don’t even like pansies! I think my pansy aversion stems from my hatred of the pansies in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland. Tips on other annuals [...]
Spring clothing lines are popping up everywhere, and it really exasperates me. It’s January, I’m loving the winter weather, and I want to keep wearing cozy sweaters as long as possible. Back off sandals and tank tops—it’s still wintertime! 1 Warehouse Spotty Sweater from ASOS 2 Carved Doily Clutch from Anthropologie 3 AG Stevie Jeans [...]
Last spring I tried to grow herbs in the screened porch off the basement. They died. I think it was a combination of me forgetting to water them and them not receiving any sunlight, ever. This year I hung a window box outside the kitchen window and filled it with herbs (and a few begonias [...]
It snowed here in Raleigh, NC! We haven’t had this much snow on the ground since I was in high school. The dogs loved it! As I watched my husband playing with them in the snow wearing shorts, tennis shoes with no socks and my purple beret pulled down over his ears, I realized if [...]