One of my very favorite blogs is written by “Val the Victorian.”   Almost daily she produces from her “lair” another post of humorous, ima...

Blackberries ripening in the sun is one of my favorite scents of summer.  When DH and I were newly married and with a brand new baby, we l...

Spring is always full of surprises, especially if one has a short memory. I remember planting some extra tulip bulbs in this empty...