See the Beauty in the Ordinary

Joyful Exuberance!

Palm Sunday and Spring Flowers

There's something about spring and the holiday we celebrate during this time that lightens the heart and brings a smile to the face. Joyful exuberance!

My new favorite autumn cake began last spring. There was a little extra room in the vegetable garden and so I planted some seed I'd saved. I wasn't sure exactly what it was.

A Kansas Country Garden

This brilliant red day lily has been exceptionally floriferous this year.

A pocket of vibrant color comes from verbena, gaillardia, day lilies and hibiscus.

Permission granted to all those gardeners who carefully coordinate the color and bloom times of their flower gardens to feel a little smug and superior.

A Kansas Country Garden

June has been a lovely month and I can't help feeling a little sad to see it go. On this last day of June let's take a moment to stroll through the gardens. There's always something there to cheer us up.

Sometimes I surprise myself. Since graduating from my mother's kitchen, I've been working in my own for over 40 years. (I had to have a moment of silence and shake my head after writing the previous sentence. How the years fly by!) So I've seen a few trends, gadgets and diet recommendations. Most come and go, replaced almost always by the tried and true, much of what I learned from my mom.