How do you measure a year?

What the heck are you doing with all of that jam?
Before I started making my own jam, I wasn’t a big jam buyer. So when my pantry was stocked with berry, peach, and strawberry jam after my first year of food preserving, I did ask myself a few times, “What the heck are you going to do with all of that jam?” Yes, they’re perfect for giving as gifts, but still. So I thought it might be helpful to share with you a few ways I’m using all of that jam.These are my favorite drop scones,

Travelin' Thru
Someone hitched a ride on an incoming bouquet. And check out the salvia it's riding on. My favorite fuzzy Mexican salvia: it may have taken all summer long until it began to bloom in October, but at least it bloomed.And yes, this post has a soundtrack. I hum this song everytime I find an insect in the house. What? Don't you?

For the love of doing it yourself
(and for the love of a good terrarium)I love to learn. To try something new. To figure it out. Thus, I'm a lover of doing it yourself, or, DIY. If you're a regular to my blog, you know that about me. It's the love of learning that drives me. It's in my creativity, using emotions and a little bit of intuitive tapping into bits and pieces, that drives me to create. To make. To grow.So I have to tell you I love this podcast,

The hex
I’ve been fighting being sick. I didn’t know it, but it started to come on last week in the form of an eye infection and exhaustion. Evidently I fought it off, until yesterday, when it punched me in the gut and ran away laughing. I laid in bed curled up in a fetal position, shivering and miserable for the day. AdRi brought me 7-up, soup served on a tray in bed, and a gentle patting of my back. She’s the best caretaker ever. My b

My gnome grows weeds
You may remember my friend Seymour of the Woods. He had a wonderful summer, and even took up a little bowling. Crazy Seymour. But looks like he's also taken to growing weeds. Of course it's a clover, being the gnome that he is. Lucky for him I haven't pulled it. But I'm tempted.I am so done with the garden for the year. Done. There's work to be done out there