If you’re looking for something fun to do on a Wednesday evening in the summertime, you should seriously consider visiting Hillside Gardens.
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Dog days of summer 2021
It’s been hot and dry here in Colorado Springs, lately. Though we do see an occasional rainy deluge which makes my garden and me, oh, so happy!! Enormous fires in the west have made our air hazy and all but unbreathable but that seems to be clearing up a bit….
Happy Christmas! From Stone Porch Cottage…..
Christmas season 2020 has been both weird and wonderful. Many lovely traditions cancelled or modified to the point of , “Why bother?”. I’m sorry but virtual Nutcracker does nothing for me. The same goes for a “skype” cookie exchange!! Call me a Scrooge or a party pooper but there it…
“New” living room chairs….
I found a cute pair of pottery barn upholstered chairs on craigs list. I’ve really enjoyed them in my living room for several years but felt like a project as well as a new look for fall/winter. I found the fabric for slip covers on clearance at Joann’s then went…
Gratitude…
Once again, as we approach Thanksgiving, I feel compelled to focus and dwell upon my many blessings and gifts. This has not been an easy year. At times I feel anxiety and depression due to all the chaos we have experienced as a country. I am by nature a lover…
winter bouquet…
Yesterday, I was feeling pretty blue. Christmas over, back to work, just generally moody and discontent. Then himself rousted me out of my funk by forcing me out out of the house, making me walk thousands of steps all over our outdoor mall, and treating me to a lovely fresh…
Winter blues…
Winters here in Colorado Springs can be quite dreary. Cold, dark, dry, blowy, and unless it is currently snowing or has just snowed, very, very brown. There are precious few evergreens to break up the monotonous grey and brown landscape. The deciduous trees have long since lost their greenness and…
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