This weekend our area celebrates the huge Pungo Strawberry Festival in Virginia Beach. All the strawberry farms are at their peak right now with ripe juicy strawberries. You can pick your own or of course choose some already picked for you. Every strawberry product imaginable is for sale at vendors tents also. If you love strawberries then this is the…
Read More
It was one of those completely impulsive moments. I went out to get the mail, and I tried to ignore him in the corner, but how could you? Yuck. Dead as a door nail. Can we say brown thumb with this one? He needed to go. Then I turn to open my door.Yuck again. The front door color was brown….
Read More
I’ve been working this week one putting together an easier way for you to find past decorating posts I’ve written. If you are a visual person like myself then you will want to check out my new DESIGN FILES tab at the top of the blog. The Design Files are loaded with decorating ideas, interior design trends, and gorgeous home…
Read More
I’ve grown roses for years…. tea roses, climbing roses, gradiflora, etc… etc… but I must confess something, when it comes to roses, I’ve killed more roses than I’d like to admit. GASP!!! Hey, no one is perfect! Yes, my thumbs aren’t always green…. their usually covered in blackspot… dang blackspot… you are the thorn in my side…errr…rose!
Life came to a pause this last week. I received the phone call that I was reluctantly expecting from my mother. It was time to head up to Michigan where I lived until the age of 14. The blog, decorating, and projects had to be put on hold. The gazillion emails had to be ignored. It was time to unplug….
Read More
