This week’s bouquet is a very large one, made from Heliopsis and Golden Rod, what many consider a common weed. I was pruning the privot hedge at the time, so I threw in a few of the cuttings to add a third texture. I dug up the heliopsis from a corn field across the street from my parent’s home many…
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I bought this little metal stand years ago at my neighbor’s yard sale for $3. It came with votive cups for candles, but I have used it over the years with a variety of items. In the summer, I’ve put little peat pots in it with faux succulents, and at Christmas time, it holds Christmas ornaments very nicely. It even…
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It’s one of my two favorite times of the year . . . time for the Springfield Extravaganza Flea, in Springfield, Ohio, where you can literally shop til you drop. My daughter and I arrived at 7:15a and felt very blessed that is was quite foggy out there in the country, and the haze didn’t burn off until 11:00a. After…
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Simple is this week’s bouquet. Simple, sweet, and so easy. These are simply cuttings from a hanging basket with a single begonia plant in it. This is an area I created behind the fence in my back garden with a wrought iron table and chair, where I like to sit when I need a garden break. It’s quiet, peaceful, and…
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Ever since I started my part time Etsy business, Custom Comforts, where I turn state road maps into wall decor, I have been trying to get all 50 states made and listed online at the same time. It’s been my goal from the start to have each state represented. Somewhere along the line, I gave up on that goal and…
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