"Hiking the Appalachian Trail" this Spring? - Etsy Treasury

To hike the AT has been a longstanding dream of mine. I doubt that it will ever happen but I enjoy the scenery vicariously!

A Veritable Feast of Color

Lovely colors in this etsy treasury!

"Vintage Footstool" Before and After Pix

Yard sale treasure...and the pictures pretty much say it all, I think. :-)

Mandala Pattern

After

Before

India Print Tote Bag

Over the weekend I finally got around to cleaning the front porch. Wow! That is one feel-good chore out of the way...for the time being, anyway!

Tote Bag on a Small Tree Prop

We've had a small dead tree lying here that Fred picked up in town last year.  The intent was to make a clothes tree of sorts to display tote bags - perhaps at a regular venue. And, it looks right at home here on the porch!

Lido Beach Pix

I've been saying I want to, and this morning finally I made it over to the beach!

Lido Beach 

Lido Beach 

Lido Beach 

Lido Beach 

Pretty Little Flower on Lido Island

Etsy Buddhists Team Treasury

Etsy Treasury for Earth Day

Barefoot in the Kitchen

Spent the afternoon barefoot in the kitchen - making Calamondin Marmalade. A friend gave me the cutest little jars, & they are perfect for the purpose!

Camoflage Coasters

Camo Coasters

New today! Made with scrap materials from a good friend in town.

Being Helpful

Dalai Lama:

"Peace has a great deal to do with warm-heartedness and respect for the lives of others, avoiding doing them harm and regarding their lives as being as precious as our own. If, on that basis, we can also be of help to others, so much the better."

Fresh laundry!

Ah! Fresh laundry!

I Feel like a Princess with a Coach!

My "Coach" Leather Hobo Handbag

True, it is a slightly used, yard sale find...but still! And it's not so much that it's a genuine  2010 Coach (No MO5S-5054) as it's that I love the feel and smell of the leather, and the workmanship is fantastic! I'm the kinda gal that has a few bags but sticks to the one for convenience sake. Just grab my bag and go! Now this is a special occasion bag, I think. <3

Sage Green Corduroy Zafu cover

Made one, and three more to finish up today!

New Zafu

I love Corduroy fabric!

Rose and Amaryllis Pix

A Rose by any other name is still a Rose!

Amaryllis

"A Touch of Whimsy" Treasury

Lovely items from the shops of the AWEteam members...enjoy!

Pony Up!

Morning walk...

Pony and Burro?

Side by Side

Garden Blooms

Comfrey Blossoms

The clay dish on the lower right contains the first celery plant I started this year by cutting off the bottom part of a celery stalk. Slowly it's growing!

Comfrey Blossoms  Close-up

My gardens have some rocks interspersed. I like rocks in the garden. They feel solid and comforting, and retain the sun's heat so on chilly nights they help keep plants warmer. At least, I like to think so!

Butterflies love these!

Comfrey

This comfrey plant is now beginning to look like the plant my grandmother had for years. Hers came back every spring. She made tea with the dried leaves for colds, and to boost her immune system. I love the blossoms!

Comfrey Plant in Bloom

I hope the deer won't find this one. I want to collect seeds and start more plants, and eventually sell the dried leaves in my etsy store. 

Oregano 

I was told by a local gardener that in Florida Oregano will spread and become a ground cover. I am delighted that this is what appears to be happening with my plant, and interestingly enough it does survive the summer heat very well!

Osnaburg and Taupe Cathedral Windows Pillow

Finished today!

Au Naturale Cathedral Windows Pillow

Full Frontal View

Close - Up

Education

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned." ~ Mark Twain