A Pinch of Joy

Trees planted!  A Royal Rain crab, fruitless with beautiful pink flowers in the spring and purple-green leaves all summer for the front lawn.  And a small Blue Spruce that will stay small to replace the evergreen my brother-in-laws took down at the corner of the house.  And rocks!  Three to be exact –  one in […]

We got a new vehicle this week.  Never driven a van before, but here I am!  First time I drove it — in a hurry, of course– I automatically reached for the shift lever to put it in reverse.  Squirted the front window twice before I remembered the shift was now on the console and […]

The annual neighborhood Garage Sale was last weekend and we stopped at several open garages on our afternoon walk.  Spent less than $5, but talked with many of our neighbors. . . something we haven’t been able to do for quite some time.   Getting rid of — or acquiring – stuff isn’t the only […]

Cool temps and occasional rains means the garden work can continue. Ordered a blue spruce for the front corner of the house that is slow growing to 10 foot by 4 foot in diameter. And a Royal Raindrops crab with delightful purple leaves and pink flowers for the corner of the front lawn.  It will […]

Working in the garden this week. Love being out in the sunshine and warmth, rearranging and adding plantings.  We had Canadian wildfire smoke block out the sun one day and the air quality made it impossible to be outside for the next couple days.  And we are  at the far edge of the third large […]

 I’ve only been doing this Linky Party for 11 years.  Ya’d think I’d could do everything in my sleep.  Apparently I did!!!!  Because it was a rookie mistake and totally my bad that the link did not show up at the scheduled time on Sunday!  I apologize—-again.  Thanks for understanding. . . . . . […]