Where the Quaint Things Are. "Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." ~ John Lubbock Where the Quaint Things Are While I am on my week-long sabbatical I thought you might like to visit the blog my first born has created. It is entitled "Where The Quaint Things Are". Her blog is vastly different than mine. Yet, there exists a ... View the Post
Montezuma’s Castle
Earlier this spring my family traveled to the Verde Valley area of Arizona to ride the Verde Canyon Railroad and visit Montezuma's Castle. For some reason, I forgot to blog about it until I received a few inquiries from readers wanting to know when I would be doing another post featuring historical architecture. Better late than never! Montezuma's Castle Here is Sweet Boy with Cubby the cub scout mascot. Cubby is awarded to various cub scout for a week throughout the year. He is supposed ... View the Post
A Makeover Metamorphosis for a Song
Last October a sweet bloggy friend of mine, Brooke, of Velvet and Linen fame, sent an invitation to attend the grand opening of her beautiful store, Giannetti Home. While at the event I noticed an entire wall of books had been covered in simple parchment paper. Hand-lettered titles were added to a few of the spines. This simple book cover treatment spoke to me and I put this idea into my "style file" ~otherwise known as my brain. A Makeover Metamorphosis for a Song. It is now June and I am ... View the Post
Peaches
School is out and it's peach pickin' season at Schnepf Farms. I took the Fashionista and Sweet Boy on a little field trip to pick Peaches. Peaches The trees were laden with sweet, juicy peaches. It was gloriously hot day enjoyed by only the sunflowers. Gawk if you must at my huge hat and sunglasses. But the Arizona sun is brutal and I want to be melanoma free. We picked several pounds of the glorious fruit. You know what that means... Schnepf Farms is also famous for their ... View the Post
Classic Clubhouse Colors Metamorphosis Monday
I recently told you about a large clubhouse remodel and design that I am currently working on. Would you like to see how it is coming along? This post will cover the Classic Clubhouse Colors Metamorphosis Monday. Let's begin with the before shots. Feel free to sing "Let's Do The Time Warp Again". Classic Clubhouse Colors Metamorphosis Monday The property was built in the very early 80's and has never been updated. It truly was time for these badly stained chairs and groovy woodwork to ... View the Post
How does your garden grow?
When I returned from my week-long trip to Minnesota I found that the heat had caught up with most of my winter flowers. How does your garden grow? How does your garden grow? My pretty pansies were a wilted mess. All of the pots needed to be refreshed for the summer. I found several lovely things in the nursery. My gardener approved of all the choices. Of course, we all know that good help is hard to find. I caught the gardener lounging about and ended up doing all the work ... View the Post
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 269
- 270
- 271
- 272
- 273
- …
- 290
- Next Page »