Posted in Home Projects, Knitting, Uncategorized, tagged Knitting, Organizing on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Being the 3rd or 4th generation knitter… I have a lot of patterns! Some still have faint notes made by my Grandmother who died when I was young. She never knew I took up the knitting needles myself! Many of these patterns were thrown in an trunk or tucked in several places around the house. Years ago, Mom [...]
Posted in Home Projects, tagged Bathroom, Redecorating on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
As with many rooms in my home, the last time they received any attention was in the 1980’s. When a leaking faucet forced me to look at replacing it, I decided to do a makeover.
I removed the wallpaper using Dif but you can also use by very hot water with vinegar in it. To make the most of either of these [...]
Posted in Earth Day, Maine, Travel, tagged Camping, Maine on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
My friends have a camp in Maine on several acres of land. What is great is that they invite me along with them when they go up for a weekend. Thankfully we can truck into camp without a long hike. Unfortunately we have to wait until the mud season is over and the road is [...]
Posted in Earth Day, Holidays, tagged Earth Day, Haiku, Poetry on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Haiku is one of the most important forms of traditional Japanese poetry. Strictly speaking, the history of Haiky begins only in the last years of the 19th century or more precisely around 1892 when it was establisted as a new independent poetic form. The two traditional elements of haiku are the diision of 17 syllables [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Just to do something a little different… here is a poem a friend gave to me. I do not know who wrote it, so if someone can let me know I will definitely give them credit!
The power of a woman lies within her heart,
with her capacity to touch others with her love,
and [...]
Posted in Home Projects, tagged cabinets, kitchen make over, refinishing on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Another friend of mine was moving to a new home and wanted to update her new digs with some color… She picked a great Alegro Blue for the kitchen. The color was hip and modern but her cabinets were anything but! So, she decided to buy all new cabinet doors and paint the cabinets white. [...]
Posted in Boston, Holidays, Travel, tagged Boston, Tea, Things to Do on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Now this is one of my favorite things… high tea in Boston! I wanted to make a friend of mine feel as special as I once did when an Aunt took me to high tea. Of course I was a little girl and it was my first time in the big city… back then it [...]
Posted in Home Projects, tagged Decorating, Home Projects on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
My Mom made curtains for my bedroom. I had picked the material because of the great color combination and she worked her magic. Well, what happened next was a decorating dilemma. I could not find a duvet cover that would match. What I was missing was a fresh perspective!
A friend recommended I take a color [...]
Posted in Gardening, Spring Flowers, tagged Flowers, Gardening, Spring on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
About this time every year, I get spring fever. Can you blame me… rain, snow - it is supposed to be spring! To remind me that spring showers bring spring flowers… I just have to have some sort of bright color in the house. In keeping with my usual protocol, I bought some tulips to [...]
Posted in Boston, Massachusetts, Travel, tagged Boston, Freedom Trail, Travel on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This little brick building sits at the Corner of School and Washington Streets, Old Corner Bookstore was a flourishing literary center in the mid-1800s. The original building was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1711, and was replaced by the current gambrel-roofed structure built in 1718 by Dr. Thomas Crease.The original building on this site [...]
