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Dear Reader: I realize now that timing plays a big part in how one’s neighborhood comes together. For years tiny little Rainbow Road with basically five houses on it (not counting the end of the street houses that have a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Doesn’t this old decorated shoe box… transformed into a Valentines box bring back memories…especially for you Baby Boomers? It looks almost exactly like the Valentines box I found in the attic when we were cleaning it out to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Each lovely day with sunshine abounding I have been cutting back the dead stems on the potted plants hidden in the bushes and woods for protection this winter. Underneath the seemingly dead “stick-looking” stems is green…the most beautiful … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Coke used “the pause that refreshes” as one of its many advertising campaign slogans over the years and it is a good one. My diet coke does refresh me when I need to take a pause…and my 2018 … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As I walked through the garden yesterday morning…I spotted this adorable little “Daisy Falls” osteospermum”…a fairly recent addition to the horticulture world. It is an African daisy…and sometimes regarded as a weed in Australia…they love early and cool … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Long before the invention of electricity… when candle light and fires were the only lights to be found at night…medieval mystics wondered and pondered the question in nightly darkness… “Where does the light go when the candle is … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Many of you have probably seem all the news about the problem with finding Valentine’s most popular candy…NECCO’s Valentine wafers with conversation messages on them. (As you can see from the title picture…NECCO has kept up with technology…encompassing … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday was so absolutely gorgeous…it literally took my breath away! There was not a cloud to be seen in the bluest of azure skies…it felt more like a typical late October blue than a February one.  With little … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Saturday morning I got a call from Mandy inviting me for supper and a spend-the-night over because John was trying out his new waffle toaster for a  breakfast brunch the next morning. Eva Cate got on the phone … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Yesterday Kate-Wolfe-Jensen’s post theme dealt with creating pockets of joy in our daily lives. She reminds us that we need to stop and record mentally when something makes us feel joyful so we can experience it again… if … Continue reading →