Picking the Perfect Pumpkin (and What to Do with It After!) It must be October because pumpkins are everywhere. From the big orange ones that beg to be carved into spooky faces to the trendy white, turquoise, and green varieties showing up on porches and grocery store displays — they’re hard to resist. I’m even…
Spooktacular Garden Decor
I have never been a “Halloween” person. Even when my boys were young, the decorations consisted mainly of a carved pumpkin. But, when challenged by Terri at The Good Life to join a group of bloggers posting on outside Halloween décor, I wanted to have some fun with it. How can you resist a skeleton flamingo? …
Mailbox Planters
I’ve been looking for one of those large old mailboxes for quite a while. I was leaving a local junk store, when a friend who has a booth there was unloading her car from a recent estate sale. I spotted it! This old black mailbox! And what a bargain, only $5.00. I grabbed it up, loaded…