My sweet hubby built this for me this spring. It's nothing fancy, just lattice board on a frame. I have 4 small trumpet vines planted on it for...
We have a beautiful day today, but starting tomorrow, the mercury is going to shoot up with a high of 100F and beastly humidity on Thursday. I've...
Hello everyone! I used to post on here quite a bit a couple of years ago. But after the birth of my 4th child, I found that time was a precious...
On Aug. 7, my family and I were headed north for a family reunion weekend. We barely made it 10 miles when another car smashed into us from...
Last year, my bee balm was crazy. It was about 6' tall and had so many flowers. Now this year, they are only about 3-4' tall and have a lot...
I have a young woman that comes to help me on Mondays and Wednesdays. It worked out so well. Both of the little ones were napping and the 2...
My flower garden is sitting there neglected and weedy. My craft projects are being ignored. Laundry and dirty dishes are piled high, but it just...
Tomorrow is my oldest son's turn to bring a snack for his preschool snack, so I decided to make edible playdough for his class. The recipe I had...
I just wanted to share a pic of a lovely sunset over my neighbor's house this weekend. We got a lot of snow, but then it cleared up enough for...
Hello everyone! I haven't posted in this site for a very long time, but wanted to show you just how mercurial autumn in Wisconsin can be....
While I always look forward to planting all of my annuals and getting the garden in summer shape, I won't have much time or energy to spare next...
[img] [img] This little guy found the old grapes that I threw out into the yard. [img] This monster was the biggest spider I've ever seen....
My boys and I discovered this little guy hiding in the leaves of some weeds near the garden. He certainly wasn't afraid of us and was in no hurry...
This little (almost 1") critter was visiting my heliotrope yesterday. My boys (almost 5 and 2 1/2) were fascinated with it and wanted me to catch...
Last weekend, my husband's sister tied the knot in a lovely formal garden. I could've wandered around all day looking at the beautiful blooms,...
Yesterday, I arranged for a babysitter to come watch my 9 month old daughter so that my 2 sons, aged 4 1/2 and 2, could go to the butterfly...
[img] The liatris is finally in bloom and... [img] ...the bees are lovin' it. [img] The monarda is almost done blooming and I'm...
For our family photo this summer, we are all wearing polo style shirts in bright primary and secondary colors; hubby-blue, me-red, oldest...
I spent a few minutes snapping some pics of my garden the other day and wanted to see how many of these you can all name. They are all common...
I know that we have a couple of members on here from Wisconsin and Illinois. I'm just wondering how the flooding is doing where you are....
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