#decorating

A friend once said : “How on earth did you turn a WC into a gallery?” Dear everyone, We used to live in a row house with a garden that had 4 bedrooms and a 100 stair-steps to get to the top. You can imagine

Dear Hive Friends, It was quite a shock when we returned to our home in Andalucía after spending six months in Vienna. We discovered that both the master bedroom and the guest bedroom had suffered from

World Cup is in full swing. We are a couple of days into the 2026 World Cup, and already there have been some surprising results. As always with the World Cup, it seems that, often in the news, they choose

I still have to hang this sea turtle, but everything else is done, except I still have to go pick up a new door. I may do that tomorrow. The older I get, the less I want to dust and clean. I've been

Hello chicos! Cómo les va? Por aquí esta semana he estado un poco dispersa haciendo muchas cosas a la vez, lo que ha alterado bastante mi rutina, pero no me quejo porque he hecho muchas cositas lindas

Now that spring is right around the corner, I pulled out a bin of home decor to brighten up the house. These are a few of the items I put out this week. One of my dear friends gave me these dragonfly items

Three months ago I posted photos of the room remodel that my kids had begun and I promised photos of the completed project. Getting rid of the old carpet and laying new wood flooring and new paint changed

Hello dear hive community! 😉 ¡Hola querida comunidad de hive! 😉 Un nuevo año comienza, hoy ya han pasado siete días de este 2026, la verdad comenzó algo movido y con muchas incertidumbres, pero nuestros

New poinsettia bought on the shopping trip Tuesday On Wednesday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got the stoves set. I got a post written for the first time in 3 days and then got laundry started. I got

On Sunday when I went to pull the shades it was snowing lightly. It continued like that all day. I worked on the Christmas present in the morning and kept stoves going. I was sitting most of the day, only

On Friday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. I had checked on the stock in the night and added a good amount of water to both roasters. I had to add a good amount more when I got up and throughout

Office geranium On Monday morning I was up at 4:30AM and got the stoves going. I had done a good job of stoking them the night before and the house was warm, even though it was pretty cold outside. I got

Saturday was pretty much a washout. I did manage to get the trash out of the shed and my brother and I got it to the dump. While out there, I had to sweep the steps again, dump the ashes, and a couple

On Friday morning when I got up at 4:45AM it was 4F outside. My son had kept the stoves going in the night and it was nice and warm inside. When I pulled the shades up at 7AM it was dark and cold outside.

On Thursday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. I had lots of snow photos so editing took a while. I got a load in the dishwasher then started taking Christmas things out of the storage boxes.

Snow on the hemlock in the swamp On Wednesday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got my post up. I got laundry started and got ready to go to exercise class. Then at 8:30AM I got a call from my ride, she was

On Tuesday morning I was up about 4:45AM and got my posts up. I got the kitchen finally cleaned up, all the stuff from Thanksgiving finally put away. I set up to feed house plants and in the process found

Poinsettias

It is almost Thanksgiving Day, and family is arriving from Virginia for the week. I got the rest of the Christmas decorations up in the kitchen and dining areas. The Thanksgiving Cactus is in full bloom

I purchased 4 bags of fresh cranberries this year. My hubby loves cranberry sauce, so I thought I would process some for the pantry shelf and have it ready for Thanksgiving too. Cooking the berries down