2025: Days 89-91....."April Fools Mackinac Island Prank"

I believed it for a hot minute. 

Mackinac Island is anchored in place

by The Army Corp of Engineers so

it won't go floating around on it's own.

I mean....LOOK at the drawings!

READ the description!

Somebody put some effort into this prank.

Kudos.

2025: Day 87-88....."Asparagus Garden"

 

MY ASPARAGUS GARDEN

It's a mess at the moment.

It can only get better at this point.

It's the second place I jumped on 

to clean up after winter.

I was looking for little sprouts.

In the meantime.....

I ordered this sign.

I think it's hilarious.

Of course it's FRESH PICKED. By me.

Of course it's LOCALLY GROWN. In my yard!

How much more local can you get.

More to come on this progress.

2025: Day 86....."Square boxes R Us"

Fun gift card box to collect grad envelopes.

 Centerpiece cubes

   Shipped in the mail.

     Fun Fun Fun to receive.

    Also for us to make.

 

2025: Day 84-85....."I follow & learn"

Here's 3 of the most insightful

people I follow online and learn from.

MICKMEL

Mickey Mellen posts every single day.

Tech stuff. Life stuff.

Good to know stuff.

Links to take deeper dives if you need to.

Stuff I need to hear and know.

I adore this guy.

I read her book "Let Them".

Now I follow her podcasts.

Today she said:

In a moment of uncertainty:

What you choose to think about and

what you do or don't do next, 

       that is where your power is.

       I'd say everyone should follow her 

     but it looks like they already are.

Erica Derrickson

A young woman living in Guatemala

doing her own thing in her own way.

Lots of ups and downs in her life but always

in a searching mode trying to understand

herself.  A seeker. 

A generous spirit.

Time spent online listening to any or all of these

wonderful humans is time well spent.

2025: Day 83....."Monkey Tail Cactus"

I really want to put eyes on this

Monkey Tail Cactus. 

It's creeping out and over the pop.

It's 'nose' is getting longer.

I adore it.

It has a relative nearby called

a Peanut Cactus.

They are not the same

but think they are.

They do things differently.

That's why I need them both.

2025: Day 82....."My Fairy Garden"

Here's where I'm going to store some

of my FAIRY GARDEN photos.

The first picture is of a new

fairy on her ride home today.

First place I cleaned up.

Things are popping thru the ground already.

Here’s a new addition to my

FAIRY GARDEN.

This is the back of the fairy house.

Here's the front of the house.

2025: Day 81....."The brain is a funny thing"

One day many years back I

was in a store and passed a mirror.

For one very brief second I

thought my Mom was in the store.

But it was me.

The other day I was thrifting & saw this

little statue and it

reminded me of Jacob

and his tossed little boy hair.

Of course I bought it.

It's going in our garden.

#thrifting

2025: Day 80....."Ten years ago we made this"

 Ten years ago this month we made this.

Still doing it and find joy in it.

Hello AARYN if you see this.

Class of 2015.

Hope you're celebrating your 

10 year Class Reunion in style.

2025: Day 79....."Blooming Houseplants"

 March 20 and all these

houseplants are blooming indoors.

Egyptian Starflower. 

Mini Fuschsia.

Orchid.

And....tah dah...

JASMINE.

My Jasmine plant which I had such

high hopes for it's fragrance in the winter...

well...then....about 3 flowers.

If I stick my nose right up close it smells great!

But I expected an abundance of flowers

and a whole roomful of fragrance.

But not this year.

I need to perfect the strategy of getting

it to bloom abundantly and earlier.

Letting it have a cold slow Fall that rolls into winter

yet not a freezing one (which allows flowers to set)

and then placement in

a room with bright indirect light and

more humidity is what's up for later this year.

I'm on a learning curve.

In the meantime I'll smell this flower

up close for as long as it lasts.

2025: Day 78....."FaceTime Magic"

Stacey FaceTiming with Jeffrey.

We could be anywhere.

But we're here.

He's there.

It looks like anywhere.

It's real magic.

2025: Day 77....."Boom Box Card Box"

It won't play music but it will collect those

PARTY ENVELOPES 

stashed with cash.

That's the point.

And it will look darn cute

while it's doing it.

It's what we do around here.

 

2025: Day 74-76....."Peace & Joy"

Peace & Joy

My porch frogs.

Not Leprechauns but

tinted green for St. Patricks Day.

To each his own.

2025: Day 73....."Egyptian Walking Onions"

 Hello there.

New plants put in the ground as bare roots 

in 2024 from the Lakes Area Plant Swap.

March 14

I'm going to keep track of their progress here.

Success or fail.

2025: Day 72....."Baseball Baby Centerpiece"

I mean.....THIS is

SO CUTE.

Two sided cutie patootie on a 

10" 

PARTY CUBE.

Foamcore.

Lots of cutouts.

So fun to make these.

Now I get to ship these out.

The part that's not as much fun.

But at least our weather here in

Michigan is delightful so I

need not complain any further.

2025: Day 71....."I live on an Icy Field"

I like to think I live on a lake.

But in the winter I live on an 

ICY FIELD. 

Right now we are in transition.

Every day is different.

One day there is a thin skim of ice and

the next day it's patchy and almost gone.

Then ice again.

Come on SPRING & SUMMER.