Hello, everyone! :) Sorry I've not been around much lately. The good news is, I have completely healed from my surgery and feel just about 100% again. The bad news is (or was) the boys got the flu last week. Like, hardcore FLU (possibly of the Swine...

Small jars of candles and a garland of marigolds sit upon the mantel, along with pictures of loved ones who have passed away. Today is the Feast of All Souls, and if I were feeling up to it, we'd be visiting a local graveyard today. Well, that trip...

Well this has been quite a few days for me! As most of you know, I went in for gallbladder surgery yesterday ~ and as some of you know, it was also my 16th wedding anniversary! Bill and I joked that at least we got to spend the day together and it will...

Look what I just found in - or should I say on - today's mail!   We see lots of grasshoppers around the house in early to mid-autumn. These are the last warm(ish) days of the year so I try to appreciate each little critter sighting when it occurs....

So, what have we been up to lately? :) Well, we spent a (cold, gray) morning at the Topsfield Fair:   Made friends with a donkey ...   ... and a sheep.   Got fall gardening ideas.   Spied the giant pumpkin (all 1,471.6 lbs)!   Marveled over the...