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  • Showing Off

    We’re Showing Off today ~ Our Beautiful Summer Garden My Gardner, aka my hubby, deserves all the thanks ~ we have beautiful gardens around our home including a vegetable garden, a winter garden, a picking garden, a memory garden and… Continue reading

    Showing Off
  • Approved Recipes

    It’s always a feel good moment when you receive a compliment on your homemade recipes ~ shared by anyone, but specifically when ‘your people‘ give you a compliment….ya pay attention (…and try not to gasp, lol). One of my Jr… Continue reading

    Approved Recipes
  • Inspired Creative Living ~ Late Spring

    Cottage Living – Home Projects -adding in the charm. Our ‘Winter Kitchen-Dining Room-Home Project‘ is still progressing…and almost complete, well for now anyway, and most of the work is on my end at this point ~ so it’s a good… Continue reading

    Inspired Creative Living ~ Late Spring
  • Tell a Friend, ol’ style social media

    ‘Here are your wings to fly’ I heard those words 5 years back when I lost my ‘day’ job ~ I first heard ‘the sky is falling!!’ and then my whole-mind tuned out all the folks in the office that… Continue reading

    Tell a Friend, ol’ style social media
  • It Smells Good in Here

    Our Cottage Home is filled with all things Cottage….our decor, our food, our gardens, our living …..and even the way our home is filled with cottage like scents. When our visitors say ‘it smells goooooood in here!’ ….well, that just… Continue reading

    It Smells Good in Here
  • ‘My Cottage Life’ Keepsake Journal

    I’m addicted, I just can’t stop. Creating Artful Journals that is. Can I let you in on a little secret? I wasn’t a fan of journaling….. until I was. And as with everything I do in life….it became all or… Continue reading

    ‘My Cottage Life’ Keepsake Journal
  • Snips, Clips & Pics

    Chicken Snips, Baking Clips & Spring Pics that is Chicken Snips My favorite Chicken Shredder from Pampered Chef; after many years of devoted service,….just wasn’t up to the task any longer ~ and as every home maker does ‘now-a days’… Continue reading

    Snips, Clips &  Pics
  • Easter Table ~ Part 3 ~ Setting the Table, Serving Brunch

    Happy Easter We’re Creating an Easter Table Celebration ~the first week found us dying eggs (read here), last week we enjoyed a pretty place setting gift (here) and today finds us with more Easter Creativity ~ we’ll be setting the… Continue reading

    Easter Table ~ Part 3 ~ Setting the Table, Serving Brunch
  • The Hallway

    Just an observation of a place that seems so insignificant ~ but holds many memories, The Hallway. I never really thought about how significant ‘The Hallway‘ was in our small ranch-style home where I grew up, until I heard my… Continue reading

    The Hallway
  • Inspired Creative Living ~ Winter 2023

    I love Winter….unlike most folks I love cooler temps and the time to cozy up at home with all kinds of projects, and I must say that getting dark earlier has me lingering longer in a good book or just… Continue reading

    Inspired Creative Living ~ Winter 2023