Category Archives: Gardening

Saturday May 9, 2015

I am slowly making progress on getting my major outdoor projects finished. I still have a couple of things left on my “to do” list. Once those are complete I should have the outdoors in “maintenance” mode for the summer; … Continue reading

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Sunday May 3, 2015

This morning I did a quick pass with the vacuum and cleaned the bathrooms. Right now, I have more outside chores to get done then the inside. I used the blower to get the maple seed accumulation off the deck, … Continue reading

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Saturday May 2, 2015

Finally, we haveĀ  nice, warm, at least partly sunny Saturday. I ran a couple of errands this morning to the garden shop to pick up some more bedding and hanging basket plants and Lowe’s to get a few bags of … Continue reading

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Friday April 24, 2015

The best laid plans…mine was to leave at 3:30 today to come home and get some outdoor chores done including mowing the lawn. With the weekend looking like mostly a wash out I had a few things I needed to … Continue reading

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Sunday April 5, 2015

Household chores completed. Bills paid and accounts balanced. Then outside to mow the lawn and do a few other chores including throwing out some seed and fertilizer on the bare spots. It’s a nice day, sunny and low 60’s with … Continue reading

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Sunday December 21, 2014

Finally a dry although not very sunny nor warm day for me to get the yard work finished up. First we did a Sam’s and pet store run this morning. Before fixing lunch I raked the pin oak leaves from … Continue reading

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Sunday December 14, 2014

So much to do, so little time. This morning I ironed, vacuumed, cleaned the bathrooms, wrapped Christmas presents, and did the weekly bookkeeping stuff. After lunch Bob helped me move the giant pile of leaves I was storing under the … Continue reading

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Saturday November 22, 2014

So far today changed the linens, swept a large pile of leaves off the deck and covered the chairs and little table with a tarp, and shredded more paper for kit shipping. Once it warmed up enough to melt the … Continue reading

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Saturday November 15, 2014

Last night I picked up two steak Strombolis from Coppolas on the way home. Frances came over for dinner to talk with Bob about spices and cooking with basic ingredients for the book. Frances has a degree in food service … Continue reading

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Saturday November 8, 2014

Errands to run this morning which did not take very long. Bob and I emptied the 50 lb bag of sugar into the plastic 2.5 pound jars we buy various nuts in from Costco. I then headed outside to finish … Continue reading

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