Darleen

Travel Tuesday- A look into my photo album.

Today I wanted to share with you my first home in Ireland. To update you, I met my life partner John in 2007. He was an Irish citizen, and I had dual citizenship USA & Ireland. My grandmother was born in Athlone, Ireland. A dual citizen in Ireland is possible via an Irish grandparent. I

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Propagating Rose- two failures at cuttings

Over the summer, I have been sharing my attempt to propagate a beautiful yellow rose growing beautifully in my friend Jean’s back garden. It is a lovely rose-floribunda with a bright yellow color and a fantastic scent. Jean purchased this rose sometime in the 1970s, and she doesn’t know the name. That means I can’t

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Followup on the garden journal| setting up a garden journal

I want to thank those who responded yesterday to my post on garden journaling. I’m pleased you told me you thought it was a good idea and that you would start a journal. I googled garden journaling today and found out it is NOT a new idea. It seems gardeners have been indexing and journaling

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Garden Journaling| Lessons Learned

The concept of journaling and project books has been around for years. I never organized myself around that concept, and now I see the errors of my ways, as they say. It is mid-summr now and a good time to update garden projects. Front Lamppost Garden Today I will give you a tour of my

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does anyone remember Pfaltzgraff?

I don’t know why, but I have multiple dish sets. There is my Royal Doulton wedding china in the buffet. My cabinets house a set of white dishes, Villeroy & Boch, white and green trimmed Dansk dishes, and some colorful Chinese bowls for condiments. A couple of weeks ago, I found some large white bowls

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full shot of the kitchen

ready to start new projects- replacement windows

I must say I am sorry for the lack of posting I have been offering these past months. Covid, a bereavement, and an illness all hit me within a year, and I just went onto a deep funk. However, this spring has revived me a bit, and I have gotten my medical condition sorted for

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handmade wood artbox

Inadvertent Marketing Idea For Wood Boxes From Marian

My Inspiration Person If you know me, you will know that one of my favorite creatives is Marian Parsons, owner of the website and blog, Miss Mustard Seed.com. I have actually followed her for about ten years now. She is probably one of the main reasons I started a blog many years ago. Now Marian

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Happy St Patrick’s Day Gifts

Looking for an authentic Irish gift for ourself or someone? I have a few items I bought back from Ireland that might fill the bill. If you know me, you know that I have lived half the year in Ireland for the past twelve years. We bought back items from Ireland that we crafted in

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Egg Salad for Lunch

Today I wanted to share a simple egg salad with you that can be adjusted for varying tastes and likes. I also wanted to share an easy-peel method for hard-boiled eggs.   Pre-Mix Prep If you want easy-peel hard-boiled eggs, boil your eggs for 7 to 10 minutes. After they have boiled, drain off the

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Window Treatments for the Bedroom

I finally decided to come back to the land of the living. I spent the last year, as did many of you, hiding out by myself. So slowly and hopefully safely, I am beginning to plan ahead. First, I made a list of projects for the year…I’ll post about my new list later in the

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