~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! {pretty} With three mothers in the house, there were plenty of flowers this weekend! These are from Pippo to Rosie! Clever boy. I wish I were the kind of blogger who posted every day. I certainly have things… Read More »
{pretty, happy, funny, real}
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! I’m a non-coper. I admit it. I don’t cope too well. That’s why our last post was, let’s see — {pretty, happy, funny, real} from last week! Wow. When it’s 100° and a godforsaken amount of humidity,… Read More »
Bees and Peas: Two DIY-ers puttering around.
Twenty years ago, if you had asked me and Phil if we saw ourselves putting up veggies and keeping (and losing) bees, we probably would have demurred. Only because we truly wanted to do those things but had no idea how! We are thinkers, not so much doers. We are over-thinkers. We are talking about… Read More »
{pretty, happy, funny, real} ~ Observation Hive Edition!
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! What is an observation hive, you ask? Or, O-Hive, as the Chief calls it? Well. It’s what he asked for for Christmas. Not the thing itself, mind. No. He asked for the green light to… Read More »
Do what you want to!
Bridget is a good beekeeper. So call me a harridan, but I was just a little cranky at the suggestion that we should keep bees. Honestly? We need to mow. We need to battle poke weeds the size of young trees. Brambles, virginia creeper, crabgrass, poison ivy — we got ’em, and we should acknowledge… Read More »