My Way of Living [04/23/16] 

  • Turn ordinary coffee filters into gorgeous paper roses

    The lowly coffee filter. Cheap, thin paper. Most kitchens have some hanging around in a cupboard somewhere. A every day thing that you pull out of the cupboard when you need it, add to the grocery list when you run out…Necessary for things like filtering coffee grounds. Did you every think that something so beautiful, and crafty c…

  • I’ll take one of everything

    Oh, I am in trouble, big, deep trouble… I thought I had the problem licked, but it seems it has just gotten worse. When I go to a nursery it’s as if I am looking around and saying, “I’ll take one of everything,” in fact make that multiples of everything please.I was too smug, thought I had gotten the spring fever out of my system …

  • Almond joy and plant lust

    It’s such a pretty shrub and to think that until we moved here I had never seen one. There are a few in the neighbourhood, the lovely soft pink confectionary-like blossoms remind me of tufts of cotton candy. It’s called flowering almond Prunus triloba, and it’s hardy to zone 3. I need more then one, I think I need three… at least.…