Completed large basket and almost completed medium basket with lots of Thick and Quick still to use up! I've gone a little crazy t...

Today I took a little mental health break.  I slipped on rubber shoes, bundled Alfie into the car, and drove about ten miles south to a nea...

Last week I was down south visiting the old, the sick, and the infirm (aka my family).  While I was there, sometimes with not much to do, I...

It's late summer and the herb pot is full and luxurious.  There's a lot of parsley out there needing to be eaten.  What to do?  Mak...

Meet the newest member of our extended family -- Percy.  I call him Percy, FFD, which stands for Face Free Dog. This is the best I co...

I've never done a Throwback Thursday post before.  Never even thought about it.  Then last week, my father-in-law e-mailed my husband...

Trumpet lilies, that is.  If you stop by our house at the right time in the summer, you are greeted by fragrant yellow lilies by the front ...

Don't be fooled.  This is his mid-day look. At 5:30 a.m., he's jumping on the bed. Here at the Posy house, we are an earl...

If you Google granny stripe afghan, you can find photos of beautiful, color-coordinated crocheted afghans, many in rainbow hues, and some w...

Parasol mushrooms in the park around the corner, taken with a phone. Mushrooms seem to appear magically overnight with al...

This is my last robin post, I promise!  After three of its siblings had left the nest yesterday, this one final fledgling was left alone.  ...

Picture taken through a window and storm window, so forgive the quality. I have been anxiously watching the robin nest the  last few d...

Quinoa is one of the current darlings of healthy eating.  While quinoa has been grown in the Andes for centuries, most Americans didn...

The bat house has tilted from the weight of the birds. We got home late last night after two weeks away.  I was so pleased to see that...

Happy Mother's Day! In honor of Mother's Day, I want to share this photo of someone with real parenting instinct. A pair of...

I decided to make my mother a hat for Mother's Day this year.  I started out knitting one from a pattern that I like quite a lot.  I us...

If you've read my blog very much, you know I cook a lot of chicken.  Grilled, baked, fried, slow cooked -- if it's chicken, we'...

Ever hear that expression, "cooking with gas"?  I've been cooking with gas in a literal sense all my adult life. Figuratively...

Interurban Bridge With the beginning of some warmer weather, it's nice to get out and about.  Last Saturday, we took a little day...

A very good friend is an accountant.  When tax season rolls around, she and her partner and their staff are always swamped with work.  They...