String o' Pearls

Well, it hasn't been a full month yet since I've been here at the blog.  I'm on a roll! We've been a tad busy since we retur...

Greetings from upstate NY! After a short stint back home in VA, my husband and I had to make another trip up north to check on our Oyster Ha...

I found this not-quite-ready post in my archives, and I decided to finish and publish it today.  Because I'm on a roll here!  I go silen...

Well hey there, readers...all two or three of you who even bother to stop by here anymore!  How was your summer? Are you surprised to see me...

Seeing as how June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (and why it is, of course, such a special month for us Catholics)...

I get such joy from opening up my house up to others.  I think that's actually one of my favorite things in the world to do--to play hos...

I've blogged before about  my paternal grandmother's Victorian mansion  in a small Upstate NY town, where my family lived for about ...