Summer Garden & Autumn Plans

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hi friends— here we are, the last day of June. Summer has definitely set in here in Oklahoma, with temperatures in the 90s and supposed to reach triple digits tomorrow. I can’t say that I’m excited about this, but we are harvesting cucumbers and zuccini in the garden and I’m using this time to work […]

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NEW: Garden Journal

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I friends— How are you this Friday afternoon? I hope you’re doing well. I have something fun to share with you, a project that I am so happy to see come to fruition– my own Garden Journal! I’ve had the idea for this garden journal for a while, but it took a bit of forced-to-stay-home-in-a-pandemic […]

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Free Pattern: Justice for All

.Reading time 8 minutes.

Hi friends— I thought it was time to offer you another free cross stitch pattern, and this design came into my mind and sat there quietly until I made it happen. And now- I’m sharing it with you. Over the past few weeks our country has been rocked as we grapple with the murder of […]

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Creating an English Cottage Garden– In The American Prairie

.Reading time 12 minutes.

I have always loved the look of a cottage garden. Big and blowsy, full of blooms and a haven for bees and butterflies. They are the type of garden seen outside a little crumbly English cottage, hollyhocks bobbing against an old stone wall, and roses growing a over little wooden door. About three years ago, […]

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Original Painting: Garden Walk

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hi friends, Thinking of you and hoping you are well! I wanted to stop by and share with you a new painting I just finished, called “Garden Walk.” This painting is a bit of an ode to all the beautiful old fashioned flowers I love— sunflowers, hollyhocks, daisies and lavender. In this piece a girl […]

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