Watching a butterfly float through the air inspires a kind of peaceful calm that just can’t be topped. Just the other day, while sitting in my overgrown and unkempt backyard… Read more >>

One of my enjoyments from yardsaling is not only getting a bargain, but finding things that I will truly use, usually for about a tenth of what I’d pay in the store!   Over the past few... Read more >>

It seems that water shortages and droughts are the new norm for certain parts of the United States, especially in the western, southwestern, and southern regions. From California to Texas, farmers... Read more >>

If you’re like just about everyone else, you’re freaking out about the economy and your office is the mother ship of stress.  Lighten your mental load by sprucing up your... Read more >>

I have always avoided gardening. I don’t even do outdoor dining. It’s one of those things like getting a pedicure ... I would rather pay someone else to do the bending. I thought... Read more >>

It's happened again! My husband’s weed whacker has done its dastardly deed. Over the years, I've lost countless precious plants to its whirling plastic string. This past... Read more >>

I have had a long love/hate relationship with a hedge of flowering quince; also known as the Chaenomeles speciosa or the Texas Scarlet shrub. Nearly fifteen years ago, our inherited... Read more >>

Nearly forty years ago, I was visiting an elderly couple I had just become acquainted with. Warren and his wife, Joan, had moved from Kentucky, where they used to be farmers. Their small... Read more >>

Today, my good friend Anne sent me a picture of something her daughter discovered growing in the garden and asked me to help identify it (Trillium erectum). A few days ago, she wondered if one... Read more >>

Thousands of flowers, leaves, and other plant parts are touted as elixirs for a variety of ailments, but how do you know what’s for what.  Here’s a list of herbal remedies that have... Read more >>