The past 10 days have been a roller coaster at Marilyn’s Way. It started off with a mini getaway with my cousin to coming back and making an emergency call to Lily’s veterinarian Dr. Andrea Hennen at 2 AM Monday morning. It took a 48 hour trip to notice something was wrong with her. She began to […]
Timing Is Everything! I knew I was inheriting a Weigela. I just didn’t know when. The church I belong to decided to remove the bushes simply because of the maintenance issue. One of the shrubs is a weigela. Every spring I admire it and had placed it on my ‘wish list’. I was intending to buy […]
I somehow knew there was a reason I accepted the challenge to be a Hostess on Sundays from my cousin Julie Lardy who is the manager for IHop Restaurant in town. One of her cooks offered to save the used eggshells from the restaurant so I could use them in my garden! 3 Reasons To […]
I have been waiting since Christmas to put these garden stakes out. They were a gift from my cousin Anna West. She knows how I love anything gardening. Meet The Vegetables! Meet The Tulips! Hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoy having these beautiful garden stakes in my garden!
I have been so patient waiting for this moment where I could capture a close up of Mrs. Robin and her young. As the gardening season continues, the robins in my yard have become more and more friendly. Could it be my charming personality that they like so well? Actually why they love my yard […]
Pet loss is something everyone has experienced. Their lives are shorter and only borrowed to us for a given time. When their time is up, off to Rainbow Bridge they go where they are restored to live life fully waiting to meet us again at Rainbow Bridge. Rainbow Bridge Poem Among The Sea Of Hostas […]
If you follow me on Facebook you will know I am fond of the number nine.Today I want to give you 9 reasons I grow marigolds . 9 Reasons I Grow Marigolds Easy to grow Deter bugs Assists in keeping the mosquitoes under control Long lasting bloom Variety of colors from yellow to orange to red Save the […]
I am usually one of the last ones in the area to get my garden in. There are various reasons for this, one being getting the garden tilled. I don’t mind. My best gardens have all been planted in June. In South Dakota it takes awhile for the ground to warm up. This year is […]
Today in my secret group of Marilyn’s Way we are practicing ‘Throw Away Thursday. Many get excited to do a project like this but at the end of the day they don’t like the results. Why? Clutter! Get It Out Of Your Home! Decluttering is like laundry. It can pile up. The clothes can be […]
As we go through the process of ‘decluttering’ we all have said this at least once in our lifetime… What Was I Thinking??? You guessed it. We all have strange things we kept at the time for more than one reason or the other. In The Beginning… When we first began to start decluttering most of […]