Gardening For Geeks

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Book Review. Gardening for Geeks: DIY Tests, Gadgets, and Techniques That Utilize Microbiology, Mathematics, and Ecology to Exponentially Maximize the Yield of Your Garden   As a Home School Mother, one of my major goals was to instill within my children the love of learning and a sense of wonder. I am fascinated by the beauty and … [Read more...]

A Return to Loveliness

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Dreamy Days Do you ever have one of those days - that you feel like you're sleepwalking  barely roused from a deep dream.  That is how I'm feeling today. After long days of preparation and anticipation, our Christmas party arrived and then it was over. The moments are now but … [Read more...]

Decorative Painting

Decorative Painting Annie Sloan - Beyond Chalk Paint Many of you know, I now work part-time at our local library. This opportunity has opened up vistas of information for my imagination. Great books on home decor, gardening, cooking, crafting and more are available to all whether written this year or twenty to thirty years ago. One of … [Read more...]

A Return to Loveliness

  Homemade Gifts   Christmas is just a few short days away, but I think there’s  still time to make a few homemade gifts, or something to bring to a party!       From Your Heart and From Your Hands that will be greatly appreciated! I am taking my inspiration from special books I was perusing this … [Read more...]

Wonder

With Childlike Appreciation The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. -   Albert Einstein     The days have been extraordinarily … [Read more...]

A Return to Loveliness No. 23

  Christmas Tea With Victoria     “What is the Christmas spirit? it is the spirit which brings a smile to the lips and tenderness to the heart;     it is the spirit  which warms one into friendship with all the world, which impels one to hold out the   hand of fellowship to every man and … [Read more...]

Victoria-A Return To Loveliness – No. 3

Welcome to the Third Victoria – A Return to Loveliness Blog Party Romantic Reminiscence  ~~~~~~  Victoria introduced us to Some marvelous people over the years ~~~~~ Tricia Foley ~~~~~~ Known for her romantic yet simple style Victoria Vol. 2 No. 2 pg. 53   Vol. 2 No. 2 pg 52   “Perhaps the soul of the … [Read more...]