This past weekend I switched my closet from spring/summer to fall/winter. We live in an older house with very small closets which forces me to keep out of season clothes and shoes in an upstairs closet. When I switched my shoes, I noticed that my favorite summer Danskos were looking a bit dull and scratched. …
My mom gets Women’s Day magazine and kindly passes it along to me to enjoy. When I saw these pillows, I knew that I wanted to make a version for my screened porch. How To: Print the squirrel template from the Women’s Day website (see link above) and cut it out of brown felt. I…
It’s great when a project can be a DIY, but sometimes professional help is needed. The damage to our yard from the derecho on June 29 was too much to repair on our own, so we called in our friends at Southern Landscape Group for help. The front yard had giant ruts from the tree…
This past Saturday was gorgeous in our area. The temperature was in the 70’s and the skies were perfectly clear. We started the day by going for a run and then did a bit of gardening. I’ve been itching to get some pansies planted. Pansies will soon brighten the pots the kitchen door, the planters…
Do you ever have one of those weeks where you simply can’t think of a thing to cook? I plan my meals on Sunday and usually cook ahead for the week. This week I didn’t have much inspiration, so I browsed my recipe archives and came up with three meals that we haven’t had in…
Many years ago my grandmother shared her fall blooming Anemones with me. It’s been a few years since I’ve enjoyed these because the deer find them mighty tasty. This year I kept a patch sprayed with Liquid Fence and am being rewarded with pretty fall blooms. These look especially nice with Solidaga Fireworks Golden Rod…
I inherited a number of unfinished sewing projects from my mother-in-law, one of which was a template and enough fabric to make a set of Halloween placemats. Instead of making a set of placemats, I used the template my mother-in-law made to make a Halloween pillow that can also be used as a wall hanging….
We spent three wonderful days this past weekend participating in the OBX Charity Classic, a tennis tournament that benefits hospice. I played with Elsie, Mr. SP played with Keith, and Nicole played with Terri. Lynchburg was well represented with six players. Play for us started on Friday morning at Westside. I loved the festive fall…
Suzanne, my friend and number one running partner, were discussing antiques on a recent run and she told me that she planned to take a painted blanket chest that she bought in Charleston to Ken Farmer in Radford to see if it may be valuable. If you haven’t heard of Ken Farmer, he owns an…
I fully expected to spend all of Saturday building a fence. Mr. SP really wanted to go to the lake on Saturday, so he took Friday off and built the fence without me. (Lucky me!) We both love the way this looks and can’t wait until we install new landscaping and have pretty green grass. …
One of my town’s annual events is a fall historic home tour sponsored by the historical foundation. I look forward to this tour each year and whenever possible invite my mom, aunt, and cousin to join me. This year my mom, cousin, my cousin’s new wife, and a new friend joined me for the tour….
After running and playing tennis, we spent the rest of the first day of fall at the lake. After three hours in our chairs on the dock, we went for a boat ride. We both were sad to think that this could be one of our last rides for 2012. Mr. SP’s banjo and guitar…