In spring I have great ideas of what to plant in our small garden. And a plan that involves my girls helping, harvesting, learning and eventually getting them to eat more vegetables out of the experience. I’ve slacked off this year on all of these expectations and adopted the garden as my place. Of course […]
Spring gardening and backyard shananagans
It’s been so long since I’ve blogged, I ran into someone this weekend who thought something was wrong with her Facebook feed because she wasn’t getting my blog updates anymore. I’m so sorry about that! Thank you to those faithful readers for sticking with me while I go through bouts of needing to write and […]
Our little garden
Beginning of summer we took out about a dozen bushes that were old, constantly over grown and hogging the best sun our yard receives. They lined the space just steps from our kitchen back door, an old, lovely brick retaining wall and our garage that sits within our fenced yard. I was hesitant, because removing […]
The Enchanted Fairyland in our backyard
We have a small shady tree area in our backyard that is covered in mulch and a few bushes. I was looking for a project to work on during the first week of summer break, to get us off to a good start. Therefore I tossed out the idea that we do something fun with […]
Natural remedies for alleviating spring allergies
Spring is in full-force where we live in East Tennessee. There are a lot of great things about living in our little quirky town of Knoxville. Alergies is not one of them. Our town repeatedly, in the fall and spring, gets rated number one allergy capital in the nation by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of […]
Naturally dyed fresh Easter Eggs – Happy Easter!
Our family really, actually likes eating hard boiled eggs. We slice them, salt and pepper them, make egg sandwiches out of them, have deviled eggs, and my girls eat them up like apples – bitting into them whole. We gobble them up! We also really like farm fresh eggs. If you’ve never had eggs from a […]
Weekending, a candy-free Easter Egg hunt and some random thoughts
I know what you are thinking – A candy-free Easter Egg hunt? What? But it gets stranger and the story gets better. The Easter Eggs at my children’s backyard Easter Egg hunt Saturday were filled with money – dimes, nickels, quarters and five dollars in one big egg for each child. This was my Aunt […]
More Mud Pie Cafe photos, in action with many kids
Our newly established Mud Pie Cafe was a busy kitchen Monday, with fun being had by kids of all ages, boys and girls. It made me so happy that I got my camera out and started clicking. The set up inspired so much raw creativity, with nothing but mud and some old kitchen supplies. Boys were […]
Spring mud pies and backyard ideas from Pinterest
Flowers are popping out in unusual ways during these oddly warm winter days we are having in East Tennessee. It makes me sad a bit. The sleds didn’t get used one day this year. Not one single snow day was had. Barely any paper snowflakes were made. Nonetheless, our neighborhood groundhog is back, popping his […]