My Azelea is amazing!!! All of our screens are off waiting for the painter to start. When the screens were removed, we found some issues.  My amazing husband spliced this post together to cure some rot that was found...... The reason he spliced it instead of replacing it, you cannot get these posts anymore and trust me we tried everywhere! So, it was either do this or replace every post on this 40 ft porch. A lot of work and very expensive. We are replacing the stairs with trex (A composite) decking boards, so the snow and rain doesn't harm it anymore They had to be stained every ..read more

47 degrees and rain today.  There are signs that things are coming alive. The blooms are getting ready to pop any time! The first church sale of the season was pretty good. These new boots will fit my daughter and for 10.00 a steal! A few craft supplies for a few dollars An air fryer that looks like it was never used for 5.00! Now to figure out how to use it! I do have the books that go with it. The clay leaves I made last week. I painted them and ..... Hung them on my shade pulls. I finished one of my towels that will cover up my mixer. I tried avocado toast on whipped rico ..read more

These are true May flowers the little waxy blossoms are very fragrant. They are not easy to find but they grow on a banking on the side of our road.  I just wished these lasted longer they are so vibrant.  Tuesday, I headed to Maine to hook with the Wells Me group. What a fun group they are! And after hooking 9 of us went to the local steak house. (I had lobster pie). They are such a wonderful fun group.   And they have amazing talent too!!! This woman is matching fabric in her daughter's house. And Nancy pulled her last loop on this David Galchutt pattern. The large ..read more

I won this set of 4 rug hooking mugs at the hook in Sat. I can not tell you how thrilled I am with them! They were made by a fellow hooker. When you sign in you get a name tag and a goodie bag.  Inside that bag was this wool fortune cookie. Some cookies said you win a door prize mine did not. There were also fancy cookies and candy. I saved my cookie for my sweet B (granddaughter ) that I saw today. She was happy to have a fancy cookie for her lunch tomorrow. And they took kora dog home with them. I get a text from my daughter saying they think Kora is depressed lol. Well, us two old f ..read more

I finished the spring clean up.  We have had warm lovely days and days so cold and windy I have had to dig out my winter down coat! Spring in New England. My Egyptian walking onions still are going strong. And my rhubarb you can almost see it growing. It always makes me hopeful that summer will come. On my walk today I saw this poor broken tree by the river. Still being useful growing fungus. And our sweet little grand dog trying to keep track of both of us while we are outside. She is one tired dog at the end of her day, we almost have to carry her upstairs to go to bed lol. The ..read more

Kora the house guest is doing well while her family is away. Saving her people from giant turkeys, squirrels, and chipmunks.  Thank you for your well wishes. I felt pretty crummy for a few days and then I was back at it. It was all a head cold nothing else.  I hooked and watched cooking shows on PBS (the best 5.00 a month I have ever spent) I changed sheets and ironed pillowcases. And before you say "what!" think about the time you spend on your phone or online. I can Iron 4 pillowcases in about 5 minutes. And it is pure luxury to lay your head on freshly ironed and scented ..read more

This has been my constant companion. A good old fashion head cold,covid negative. So I have done a lot of nothing but sleep through tv shows the past two days.  This late afternoon  I am finally feeling like a bit of hooking.    I hope you are all well and enjoying spring ..read more

I had some time to clean out some of my gardens Sunday and lo and behold my daffodils are getting ready to bloom soon.  The last of my house guests left Sunday Morning. (my brother) So, it is laundry central here and finally the sun came out enough for me to get in the gardens.  Today my sweet friend and I headed for Conaway to see Mary Ann Espositio and her husband Guy who is one amazing gardener! I believe he is a retired surgeon. His garden is huge 60ft by 30ft! I would love to be his neighbor he said he shares.  She is a very well-known tv chef here in NH on PBS. She said ..read more

The solar eclipse yikes! They came by the thousands and thousands! What would have been a 4 hrs trip home for some of them turned into 13 hrs!!!! So glad I was going in the opposite direction to my rug class.   This is our fearless leader, Pam Bartlett. This is the first event she has held in her brand-new space. I get there a little early and I find out she went to the hospital the night before for a kidney stone!! She missed most of the first day. But our teacher Michelle kept the class on track. And Pam joined us late afternoon. My sweet friend Bonnie worked on this rug. She has h ..read more

That is rug hookers. The first day of rug school we had the eclipse. I have so much to tell you about and show you.  Not now but soon ..read more