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Here are some fun and creative activities that you can enjoy that are not too expensive. You can enjoy these with both adults and kids. Just remember to turn off that internal critic. Your creative efforts reflect you. They are unique and original. We all tend to be our own worst critic, and it is […]

Today, I continue to take you along with me, as I explore the lovely gardens of Grand Island. Here are some of the beautiful flowers that I saw on the adventure. They are the thing that makes summer so sweet and joyful. As the plants come into their radiant glory in early summer, the world

Yesterday was the Town of Grand Island’s annual garden, so my friend Lee Tetkowski and I explored some of Grand Island’s gardens. There was so much to see. So much creativity in gardens. Each garden was different and unique, and each garden had a story to tell. Today, I am going to share via photographs

Today’s prompt is to write about a lesson that I’ve learned that helped me overcome a challenge that I was facing. I struggled to come up with some way of writing about a challenge and the lesson that I learned that resulted in me triumphing over it. The more I thought, the more confused I

Yesterday, at the Independence Day Parade, lots of stuff was given out. Fans and seeds and pens and massive amounts of candy. As I walked the parade route, I could see that many of the kids had made massive piles of candy and gum and other assorted goodies. For the kids, the parade is as

Today, I walked in the Independence Day parade in the Town of Grand Island, New York. OK, well, sometimes, I walked. Sometimes, I handed out packets of seeds, and, sometimes, I took pictures. And, sometimes, I ran to catch up! Here are some of the images of Independence Day 2019: Here are the cowboys (and

Sometimes, I imagine that I really am peering into a crystal ball. So, when today’s blogging prompt suggested  talking about the future of my blog.  I don’t really know where my blog is taking me as I head into the future. I do know that this blog has been a great source of joy for

On January 1st, I embarked upon a crochet adventure. I had decided to crochet every day and to donate the creations that I made along the way to where ever I thought they could help. So far, I have completed two afghans, and I am working on my third. This is a work in progress,

Today, I am starting the July edition of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. This blogging challenge is held quarterly, and the goal of the challenge is to share one blog post per day for the entire month. This month, I plan on talking about gardening, delicious foods that I make from goodies purchased at the farmers

It is that time of year! The snow (dare I say such a bad word) is gone and, thanks to incessant rainfall, everything is green and full of color. In other words, spring has finally sprung. I went to the first farmers market of the year here on Grand Island. It was held on Memorial