Better, not Older, right? Birthday with Flowers and Grandkids and Breakfast Cake, Not Bad at All!

You may have garnered, from my Instagram feed (widget to the right) that my age is a bigger number today than it was on Monday. My birthday, yesterday, was a lovely day, very busy but…

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Some Cute Amongst the Stress

Even with an intensive clean-up session after breakfast Saturday morning, even though we had to vacate the premises by lunch that day to let realtors bring prospective buyers through, our weekend was wonderful by a…

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of gardens and babies and greying hair…

My last season in this garden we’ve created over the past 23+ years is bound to be bittersweet, but I’m doing my best simply to focus on the joys. And this osmanthus delavayi is chief among them…

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nesting between nests…

Busy weekend. Lots of good family happenings. Long bike ride in the sunshine yesterday. And then I might have crashed, mood-wise. Suspect this may be the new reality over the next few months. Well, yes,…

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Comfort Dressing (with a bit of Flair, I hope)

 Thank you so much for all the warm and supportive comments on my last post. They make a world of difference right now — in fact, Pater texted me yesterday from our island home (he’s…

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