On Saturday Charles drove me to the grand opening of Mill City Antiques in Manchester, New Hampshire. The shop is located in a renovated mill building on the Merrimack River. The building is magnificent and the shop is wonderful. For some nice pics of their shop peruse their Facebook page. We live in Massachusetts, an […]
Mountain Laurel
When we moved to the cottage 8 years ago, it was covered with magnificent blooms of Rhododendrons and Azaleas. The problem was that none of them had been cut back or trained. So they had grown wild and leggy and pruning was not going to retrain 20-years of unbridled growth. So we removed most of them, except the ones that […]
You’ve heard of a Hamster Wheel
Yes, we’ve all seen hamster wheels of some sort, whether it be the old-fashioned wire wheel, or the new-fangled plastic balls. This little critter couldn’t be bothered with such nonsense. When he wants a real workout he takes a spin on the old tool sharpener in the garden. He must be on steroids to turn […]