My Stuff

So, since I've bought this new machine, it's time to do some projects.  I got this burlap on sale at Hancocks several months ag...

Remember that old Singer Featherweight that I was so attached to?  (  http://tilemosaics.blogspot.com/2010/04/old-technology.html  )  I fin...

Me and the Mr. at the lighthouse in Montauk. They show this lighthouse frequently on Royal Pains . Look!  We can see Conn...

Aside from the actual travel, which was hideous, our vacation was lovely.  Our hosts, Tom's cousins, were wonderful and fed us gourmet m...

When we traveled on our Royal Pain adventure, we had to pass through Penn station on four different occasions. Although, it was not my first...

There truly is nothing like like home.  I knew I wasn't in Texas anymore when I entered the Starbucks in Penn Station to order my favori...

We haven't taken a vacation in ages.  I guess, other than going to a couple of family weddings that were out of town, I haven't trav...

This looks like a foggy day, but it's lime in the air instead of moisture.  (And sad little dogwood that looks like it might have die...

I think I've mentioned fighting the squash bugs all season.  It has sort of  been a losing battle.  I've only managed to keep them f...

Garden gate latch. Right under the gate latch. Lends new meaning to the saying, "If it were a snake, it would have bit m...

Just when I was beginning to think I might be done picking squash bugs off the squash, these little critters showed up on the eggplant. ...

It's hot.  I don't have enough non-broiling-hot hours in the day to groom animals. So, Pearlie got a haircut.  I don't clai...

I posted about various treatments for nettles back in June of 2010 ( http://tilemosaics.blogspot.com/2010/06/bulls-horses-and-nettles.html  ...

I got it in my head that I wanted to build a twig arbor.  So, I gathered up some of the small trees that were casualties of the drought and ...

Maybe I am getting better at it.  Well, it's probably not me, it's probably the good weather, but the garden suddenly exploded into...

My flower gardening is going well this year. The other Dahlias were yellow and another white one. Turk's Cap.  What an...

I'm looking for ways to use up my cucumbers so that I won't have to make pickles and came across this recipe on allrecipes.com. I ma...

Well, I must say, I'm disappointed and unimpressed with this straw/hay bale gardening.  I do like how it elevates the plants so they are...