Monthly Archives: February 2015

Dear Reader: I have been looking for some type of new decor for the centerpiece on the mantle for few months…It has been several years since I changed anything… the same metallic circle of butterflies has hung on the stucco … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: “May you touch dragonflies and stars…Dance with fairies…and Talk to the Moon.” Don’t we wish that thought for everyone we love….children, grandchildren, and children at heart? I never want to grow up and lose the wonder and … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: The other day when I was visiting Kay at Baker’s Pond Nursery on Central Avenue…we strolled past this statue of the Patron Saint of Gardens…Kay had written some clues on a card to help any onlooker identify … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Back in Victorian times…”tiddly winks” was an expression used for parlor games…particularly one in which the players tried to flip “tiddly winks” into a cup….the player with the most “winks” won. Later this expression came to mean “something … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I made the most delightful discovery yesterday while collecting broken branches, sticks and big pine cones. (I do believe I could win a pine cone contest….the pine trees are so old and so tall here in Miler that … Continue reading →

                Dear Reader: I slept in later than usual yesterday when I looked out the window drowsily and heard the rain pattering down. It would have been an easy day to just stay … Continue reading →

          Dear Reader: I came across a quote the other day that caught my attention. It was credited to Mark Twain (but I also saw it credited to William Barclay)…either way it is pretty profound. “The … Continue reading →

              Dear Reader: Almost a century ago (91 years to be exact) on February 1, 1924 the State General Assembly voted unanimously for the “yellow jessamine” to become our state flower. The yellow jessamine … Continue reading →