by Linda Todsen | Dec 29, 2012 | Inspiration
With Christmas now behind us once again, we look forward to the New Year that will begin so very soon. Time…..how does it manage to slip by so very quickly, it feels as though 2012 should be with us for a couple of more months and yet there are only two days...
by Linda Todsen | Nov 2, 2012 | Inspiration
November on the west coast is usually when we need to pull out our boots & umbrellas and start using them as we venture outdoors. I find that during the first rains in October we seem to hunker in the house, bemoaning the loss of our Indian Summer but by November...
by Linda Todsen | Oct 15, 2012 | Inspiration
As much as we are not so happy about the weather patterns beginning to change in the Fall, there is so much goodness to this season! Even with our Canadian Thanksgiving behind us, we still have the desire to have our homes & gardens embellished with Fall...
by Linda Todsen | May 2, 2012 | After work activities, Inspiration
A couple of weeks ago, on a sunny Saturday morning I had the pleasure of going to three plant sales, I wrote about them in the previous post and said that I would write about the third one, at Milner Gardens, later. There was so much to tell you about and so many...
by Linda Todsen | Apr 24, 2012 | After work activities, Inspiration, Personal joys
The events I chose to attend this past weekend filled me with energy and enthusiasm. That the sun was shining, trees, shrubs & bulbs were blooming everywhere and the extra oxygen in the air were contributing factors didn’t go unnoticed but the excitement I...
by Linda Todsen | Apr 3, 2012 | After work activities, Inspiration
Succulent wreaths have become very popular, I seem to see them everywhere ~ and each time I do, I am absolutely smitten! The one in the photo below was in a sweet little garden / florist shop in Carmel ~ it had me so inspired to get home to make one! I so wish we...