Happy Saturday! I hope you had a good week and are looking forward to a relaxing weekend! I must admit I’ve been missing from blogging most of the this year until lately. It’s been a combination of things. I’ve been traveling the last few months, and when I’m home I’ve been lazy and have had no urge to do anything, not even exercise, which is not good 😞. Now with spring in full swing it feels like the start of a new year. I’ve got spring in my step and new found energy 😄! And that includes back to blogging about all things fun, beautiful and travel.
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April in the Garden. Pots gone wild 🌺🌸🌺🌸
Happy Friday! I hope you had a fabulous week and are looking forward to a relaxing weekend! Today I’d like to share pics of my April garden which this year the prize goes to my pots! They are overflowing with blooms! Here’s a look.
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Celebrating the Indian Festival of Vishu at Babita’s
Spring is in the air! In many Indian cultures April 14 and 15 marks the start of the New Year. This is the time when farmers in India prepare their fields ready for the planting season.
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Spring Veggie Seedlings 🌿
Hello and Happy Monday! How was your Easter weekend? Good? Relaxing? Spring is in full swing around here. Warm temps, sunshine, trees all green and flowers bursting into bloom 🌺. It’s such a beautiful time of year I wonder why the calendar doesn’t start in April instead of January? I do have much to share starting off with this little detour on our way back from the gym – a home close by selling veggie seedlings and honey made from flowers in her yard 🍯🐝🌸.
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March in the Garden. Spring has Arrived
Hello and Happy Friday! I hope you had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. Around here spring has arrived with warmer temperatures and lots of sunshine. Trees have started sprouting and flowers started blooming. Here’s a look at my garden in March.
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March in Sonoma Wine Country
We headed to Sonoma wine country last week for a couple of days and it was absolutely beautiful. Quiet, calm and peaceful with amazing weather, surrounded by the beauty of wine country. A perfect two days in Sonoma.
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Friday Flowers. February in the Garden 2025 First Signs of Spring
Hello! How has your February been? Good? Around here we’ve had storms, cold temps, and spring like weather all within a month. Our recent sunny warm temperatures felt like spring is fast approaching, with colorful blooms bursting open here and there in the garden.
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Christmas 2024 Holiday Craft Project
Hello! Happy week before Christmas! I hope you’re having a great week leading up to Christmas Eve and Christmas next week. I’ve been busy meeting with friends and family trying to cram in seeing as many as I can before the new year. Speaking of family time, our daughter Sridevi had us over for another year of holiday craft project. This year we graduated to a more sophisticated art project 😃🎄🖌.
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Happy Post Thanksgiving Week & Happy December!
Hello! Happy Monday after Thanksgiving! I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving celebration. It’s the start of December and time to get into the holiday spirit 🎄😃. I do love this time of year, holiday joy can be seen everywhere ❤️.
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Wednesday Wisdom. Replacing full-fat dairy with olive oil may reduce your risk of disease
Using olive oil instead of margarine, butter or other saturated fats may protect you from dying from cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, dementia, and other conditions, according to a recent study.