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No Room For A Home Office? But Wait…
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No Room For A Home Office? But Wait…

(Revised and updated July 18, 2023) Think you have no room for a home office? A place dedicated to all things pertaining to files and documents, etc? Guess again! There are creative ways to create a small home office in a nook, a corner, or tucked away someplace else in a room. When I showed…

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Clothes Pin Crafts

Clothes Pin Crafts

Updated On May 13, 2023 I found all these wonderful ideas to make clothes pin crafts on Pinterest. There are some really clever people out there! The first time I saw clothes pins was when my grandmother was pinning up clothes and sheets on the clothes line in the yard. I can remember hearing the…

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Planting For Fall & Spring

Planting For Fall & Spring

I’ve been out on the patio planting for fall and spring. I’m planting bulbs in the fall so I’ll have spring blooms. Yesterday I planted tulip bulbs. In the bigger pots, I have about five tulips of varying colors, then the fall plants are layered on top. Cool Weather Flowering Plants: These flowering plants thrive…

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Creating Outdoor Spaces & Focal Points

Creating Outdoor Spaces & Focal Points

When you’re planning on creating outdoor spaces, you also need to think about focal points in your design. This breaks up the landscape and draws the eye all around your space. Like using a water fountain or birdbath, for example. You want different heights to bring the eye up and down. The pupsters look pretty…

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Working On The Patio
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Working On The Patio

Today I’m working on the patio at my apartment. I just love that I’ve got this big space with a privacy fence for my dogs and my container gardens. Today I also managed to tack a quilt on the wall over my bed.  Working On My Patio: Then plants and flowers outside just beckoned to…

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The Plants I Brought Are Perking Up Nicely

The Plants I Brought Are Perking Up Nicely

The plants I brought over from the little blue house are perking up nicely. I’m so relieved because I didn’t want to lose any of them. We had thunderstorms last night. As I watched “The Blacklist” on TV, thunder rumbled. This morning I went out to the patio to check on the plants I brought…

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