My aunt and her husband are moving out of their home and had an auction last weekend. I forgot about it and didn’t go, but my dad took care of me! This belonged to my great-grandma Darling.  She’s the only great grandparent I actually met, although I was very young when she died and only [...]

As promised, here is the recipe I used to make my Raspberry Buckle. For those who aren’t familiar with the term ‘buckle’, think coffee cake with fruit.  I’m happy to report that it did turn out nicely. I find red raspberries a bit too tart for me to LOVE them and I’m wondering if I [...]

THIS is not good: Gazebo damage In fact, it’s quite sad… Poor Gazebo! Added insult to injury: What is this?? Yeah, so that was quite a storm we had last night.  Fortunately we had already decided this was the last year we’d be using this gazebo as it was getting worn out. Between the damage [...]

As I was reading my Wonder Woman neighbor Gina’s blog today, I realized that I haven’t posted any pictures of my knitting projects here.  At least I don’t think so.  Forgive me if I have and I duplicate anything.  I haven’t been knitting all that long, but I enjoy it and have done quite a [...]