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What are some of your favorite things? The idea of thinking good thoughts to lift one’s mood is not new information, but we often need reminders. Let me remind you now…
Category Archives: Home Front
A Few Encouraging Words
Sometimes we all just need a few encouraging words. Life gets hard, people get sick, plans don’t work out, tragedies strike, life gives you lemons. But difficult times are not the only times…
101 Reasons to Fall in Love with Lake Tahoe
Had a *glorious* week at Lake Tahoe. Such breathtaking scenery! And when I say “breathtaking,” I do so with all the words my thesaurus can list in mind: spectacular, awe-inspiring, magnificent, sensational, wondrous, and all the rest.
Fantasy Oasis
Home garden and decorating magazines long ago inspired in me a yearning for a fantasy oasis. After spending the summer working on this project, we love sitting out on the deck!
It’s Been a Busy Week!
Hello, faithful readers! This is not the post I’d planned for today, nor the time I meant to post it (oops! I’m late!), but it’s been a busy week, so what I have for you is a quick update. On May 21, grandchild #3 came into our lives. We are smitten. He is adorable. Then, on June 7, grandchild #4 appeared. She, too, is adorable and instantly melted our hearts. We have such cute grandchildren! (No, really!) Between those two amazing events we began a super-sized yard makeover: taking out a big chunk of sod in the back yard and putting […]
Of Ocean Breezes and Green Gomboo…
Original plans called for me going through vacation pictures and making witty captions to post about my recent vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. However…
Spelunking for Fun and Research
As I was hitching my not-very-limber self over rocks and trying to avoid knocking myself out on the roof, I couldn’t help but think how Crow and Tanris felt as they made their way through the Ghost Walk…
A Visit from the Landscape Elves
Landscape Elves are awesome. They’ve been hard at work this year, adding a lovely new flowerbed and increasing curb appeal by a million percent!
You Had Me at “Aloha”
Does everyone dream about going to the beach, soaking up the sand and the sea? I have splashed in the surf of the east coast and the west coast, but never Hawaii — until now. My husband won a ticket for a free flight to anywhere the airline flew, and he (we!) elected the longed-for but never-before-realized dream to finally visit. Where did we go? Lovely, green Kauai. We rented a go-cart (my husband’s term for the little Nissan Versa) and went sight-seeing, hiked, swam, snorkeled, walked on the beach, got sunburned, and took a million pictures (okay, only about […]
Pioneer Day and Finish Lines
In my neck of the woods, today is a Big Deal. Pioneer Day is an official holiday for the state of Utah, and some of the regions in surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers have celebrations, too. The holiday commemorates the arrival of Brigham Young and the first Mormon pioneers into Utah’s Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Between Pioneer Day and Independence Day, we pretty much party all month. There are parades, concerts, barbecues, pancake breakfasts, reenactment treks, retail sales, and rodeos. And fireworks. Oooooh, yeah. Once upon a time folks would just set off their fireworks whenever they […]