A Pinch of Joy

Hope everyone had a good holiday! We celebrated at sister Bee’s annual Fourth of July Fireworks party. Did the meet and greet with all her neighbors and friends that we see only on July 4.  And found out we all remembered each other by name!   Tried out the new flavor of homemade ice cream for […]

The doorbell rang yesterday.  Two young men -maybe high school freshmen next year – offered to wash the outside windows.  I agreed to their price.  They  got their very professional equipment and worked their way diligently around the house.  Then, one reported they were done, but they couldn’t do the west window well because it […]

Summer officially started last Thursday — the longest day of the year.  I was waxing on to sister Vee, saying  that was my favorite day of the whole year – long day of light and sunshine and possibilities for great travels and picnics and  gardens in bloom and fresh vegetables and. . . . Yeah, […]

We’ve had heavy  rain several days this week.  Certainly not going to complain about the moisture, especially since it has been cool enough to work in the garden.  I planted 6 Drift ground cover roses in the planter that swoops along the curved patio.  They are starting to bloom in various shades of pink and […]

* Thank you, Cindy, for letting me know that Busy Monday didn’t go live!!!  My apologies to you and all the other party goers.  All ready to go and I didn’t schedule the publish time.  P.S.  The family gathering was great! Lots of irons in the fire this week!!  My brother and his wife from […]

Last Monday, Bytes and I  worked on the walking path connecting the little patio outside the garage door to the back yard. When we moved in, that area was a mud pit or brick hard, depending on the season. We eventually built a 10×10 little patio to control the mud, but it was not a […]