Category my favorite things

Art/History

Several years ago my mom spent a week in Pennsylvania visiting an Amish family.  They had no art or decorations on their walls save one thing: A family tree. Decorating your home with your family history is an amazing way…

One of my Favorite Things

Today, because it’s gray outside, and because I’m under the weather and have lost my voice… I wanted to share one of my favorite quilts.  One of my favorite things actually. It always makes me happy to look at it.…

A Highly Effective Elf

Last Christmas our family received a wonderful gift from a friend. It was called The Elf on the Shelf.  And it was an instant sensation at our home.  After a short debate, the little red elf who came in the…

Civil War Row Quilt

I wanted to share one of my favorite things…  a quilt made and given to me by my mother.  I have this quilt hanging on the wall of my family room and I love it… quilts really do make a…

The Best Way to Can Peaches

The best way to can peaches is with a friend. Every year my dear friend Kate and I get together to can peaches and then wonderful applesauce later in the Fall.   And in the case of canning, two is definitely…

Morning Walks

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. -Bernard Meltzer Since school started last week, my friends and I wave goodbye to the disappearing bus and…

Early Morning in my Garden

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.  ~Russel Baker After nearly melting like a popsicle in the the sun on Saturday (temperatures were over 100) we get a little reprieve from the weather.  This…