A beautiful Sunday: June 1 2025
Oh gosh, I’ve been absent! It was a very busy time for me, but I’m back. I had a wonderful Sunday. It started with a walk at the dog park with my poor old geriatric pooch, Zoey.…

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Oh gosh, I’ve been absent! It was a very busy time for me, but I’m back. I had a wonderful Sunday. It started with a walk at the dog park with my poor old geriatric pooch, Zoey.…
I had a truly awesome Mother’s Day, starting with a family brunch. Then my kids and future son-in-law helped me with some mulching, planting and cleaning my backyard pond. A busy…
I have to say, I’m feeling pretty good about my property after two solid weeks of digging, raking, tidying, burning and — at last— planting. You’d think I was getting ready to…
My friends, if you have been seeing my posts over the past few weeks, then you know I have been completely devoted to my yard and garden — not because it’s time to plant and get…
This weekend was all about the yard and garden! I don’t have a whole lot to show for it yet in terms of flowers and color because I’m still in winter cleanup mode (and until…
My fate for the coming weeks is sealed: I will be cleaning up from winter, burning debris, weeding, digging and planting. Fortunately I love it! And the side benefit is that…
My backyard is a mess in the early spring! Once the snow melts and our first few rain and wind storms have blown through, it’s time to get out and clean up the remaining leaves…
At last it was warm enough and dry enough to get out and work in the garden today. I’ll be hosting an outdoor event at my house in about a month, and the amount of yard and…
These are my steps from Saturday, when I helped my sister with some gardening. It was a pretty nice day out. Our mission was to beautify the front of the house in preparation for…
We are still in the wind-down of Autumn, here in Minnesota. My property is graced with many large trees, which is wonderful, but it also creates a lot of work. The trees must be…