I did a presentation for a group at our church and received a thank you gift — a fall swag of Indian corn made by a 91 year old gentleman. It was absolutely gorgeous! And a delightful honor! He also grows Indian Corn from heritage seeds furnished by an indigenous native group. They had only […]
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We celebrated Wheels birthday this weekend. He surprised me and chose apple pie to hold his candles instead of cake. Seven year old Short Stuff volunteered to be in charge of games so we had a wild game of pin the tail on the donkey and an age appropriate movie for which he sang all […]
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We’re spending the weekend with Short Stuff and his mommy and some of the younger cousins exploring the midway at the State Fair. Should be exciting! Hoping for a cool Labor Day! And here’s to your holiday — may you have a relaxing, exciting, productive or whatever else you plan day! Thanks for taking time […]
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Beautiful weekend and we’ve all got some kind of end of summer bug / allergy /can’t breathe/no energy except for drinking sweet tea thing. May catch up on that pile of magazines I haven’t had to time to read. Or maybe not… 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and leaving your inspirational projects and posts! Got […]
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Made a quick trip to the farmer’s market yesterday morning and came home with food sensory overload. One booth has the best angel food cake, another has wonderful local honey, big sun ripened slicing tomatoes and fresh cut rhubarb at another, green beans here and fragrant melons there. Others have fresh eggs, hot peppers, jams […]
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Last weekend, people from North Carolina, Arizona, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado gathered in our town for the 72nd Family Reunion on my mother’s side! Lots of talking, laughing and eating. We started a new tradition with a sharing table, where we exchanged crafts and bits of family “not quite heirloom” pieces. And a display table, […]

Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!