Winter is ending in the Ozarks and the sure signs of spring have arrived. Daffodils are blooming in the fields and it is as though each bloom invites you to sigh with relaxation that spring is about pretty up the whole place. It’s a good thing, for we’re entering the next season of choosing to…
Autumn Vibes
Weekends are about family time for Les and I. Friday night date night, Saturday morning bumming around and a slower pace. This week we enjoyed going to Grove, Oklahoma for their farmer’s market. We ran into a school friend of Fellers, Russell Horton. He’s a local farmer, his produce has been a favorite since I…
Summer changes and growth
Renovations done by the family in a cottage are not for the faint of heart. The televeision shows spend sixty minutes showing you what 1000 hours cannot accomplish by an owner doing it themselves. Thankfully, we didn’t expect our experience to be a HGTV one. My last table in the yard could fit 24 bodies…this…
Sunday Moments: The Gift of Solitude
When my father remarried after my mom’s death, a self-made lady came into our lives. She was self-taught, formal education was not valued by her father for his daughters. So she worked and owned businesses at a young age and later travelled the world with her then husband, studied history art and literature and continued…
Beauty and Blooms
Do you love to see blooming flowers? A few weeks ago I hit saturation on how much diy renovation I could stand. Do you know that place? Nothing is going on the schedule I had in mind. Nothing is easy and everything’s price is going up? Was there. The local Atwood’s, a new store in…
I’m Hot in Oklahoma, How About You?
Let me tell you something about Sweetie. She doesn’t do hot. As in, this week it was 1001 degrees in the shade in Northeastern Oklahoma and Sweetie . Was. In. It. At an early age I knew that I couldn’t do hot weather well, I’m great in a storm of upset that’s hot,but not the…
Marvelous Monday Momentum
Holiday weekends are just the best, aren’t they? Whether it is a three-day weekend, a family gathering, a holiday to honor someone, or an experience the one thing you can count on after a holiday weekend, is a need for a marvelous Monday momentum to be ready for the week. If you were a quiet…
Marvelous Mondays with Sweetie
Are you ready for the new week? Marvelous Mondays…Together! Are you ready to have a group that cheers you on each Monday to overcome procrastination, overwhelm, and creates encouragement to get things done? Join us for Marvelous Mondays in our Gathering the Girls Facebook group. A Christian ideology but welcome to all (not proselyting here,…
Sunday Moments
Isn’t spring rain refreshing? This morning the garden is glistening with soft rain left from a light shower last night. Everything looks fresh and new again when the rain washes off the soil and dust of the day. It’s lush and inviting and helps me forget that it took time and work to get those…
Beginning a Cottage Courtyard Dream
Wouldn’t it be marvelous if projects always had instant gratification moments? I love dreaming into reality a life I want to live. However most dreams are followed closely with a list of to-do’s to bring them to life. This week I cheated and bought myself some temporary outcomes, you know… store bought success. Our front…
