PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD

6:45 AM -- The view from my back yard as I filled the bird-feeders this morning. Maintaining the bird feeders is a priority at our house: no...

Pictures from the weekend -- absolutely none of family or places. Just flowers -- I loved this picture so much, it now my new 'header...

I'm off on a road trip south -- to help my Mom (AKA - G.G.) and my oldest sister, Sue, celebrate their birthdays this weekend. My bags...

First bloom from my favorite rose bush. Wonderful yellow roses from spring until first frost. One of the very best gifts I've ever recei...

About a week ago, on a Monday evening -- I was out in a the dark, trying to cover my white iris and Lady Banks Rose. The local weather wizar...

So far the 'stuff' that's falling out of the sky is in liquid form. But, that will change sometime this evening; and, according...

The calendar says it's Spring and for once the weather agrees. Over the weekend, we had partly cloudy skies, lots of wind and warmer wea...

A little house for Mr. Toad - - A small squirrel -- And, the Garden Gentleman himself -- the gnome. Details: My Mom & Sister's gard...

Housekeeping -- keeping things neat & tidy -- de -cluttering : all of the above phrases are the necessary evils of maintaining a home or...

Over the weekend we made a run to our local Garden Center -- just for a few bags of mulch for the flower beds -- that's all. As we walke...