We just haven’t used our second-story sleeping porch much. Recently we got rid of the extra furniture that was, more or less, being stored in there. A fairly new TV, beanbag chair, stacks of books. Now there is all kinds of room. I still have a ceiling-high bookcase, a work desk […]

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When I went out to water the hanging plants, my eyes immediately were drawn to the package at the foot of the door. It’s here! I grabbed it and headed into the house full of joy (yes, be happy for the little things in life.)
I slit open the box with a knife and […]

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I ordered my patio drip-irrigation kit today. I hate to put the burden of watering all my hanging baskets and flower pots on my deck and porch on my in-laws every time we leave town. They have enough to do feeding the cats and cleaning our cats’ litterbox.  It should […]

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After losing 2 of my 3 tree mallows, I went on quest to find some new ones. I haven’t had any luck so far in finding the Barnsley Tree Mallow, “lavatera barnsley.” I called the nursery where we bought them before but they didn’t have any, maybe the next shipment.
I drove to the west-side Lowes […]

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