I treated myself! It was a a quick trip to Michael's - so I didn't take enough photos - there was lots more spooky stuff! It was lots of fun browsing! I recommend it!

I did buy one more sparkly souvenir -- but I filmed this video in a rush, and the clip of the other souvenir just didn't get properly recorded. I'll try again another time!

What a wonder! How lucky am I? It's the luck of the Irish, I just know it!

I feel like I didn't give Jill Biden a fair shake in this video. She does talk about the sorrow of losing Beau, the support she offered Hunter, her fight to keep her Community College teaching job, & her love of education. But I don't know. It just seemed like I knew all those things, though not with the great detail that she describes. The Presidency seems like a high pressure, high urgency job, and I'm sure the First Lady feels all that as she strives to do the work that s

I wish I knew the names of all these lovely flowers. I.know some of them, but I'm just too lazy to look up the rest! So the pictures will have to do. There's beauty everywhere. And many of the flowers are smaller than my little fingernail. While others, like the foxglove, showing off in my cabin backyard, are substantial and look like they could be in my garden at home. It's all a delight...even if I don't know their names!

These fabric baskets are so darling. And I don't think Marti knew how perfect they would be in our cabin! Thanks Marti!

I talk too much! BUT we had guests for lunch ( hello Marti !) and on the spur of the moment I decided to make biscuits so we could have fresh jam and biscuits for dessert. It was a big hit! Just so you know that the jam is road tested! The one instruction that is a little cloudy is the amount of sugar one should use. I had between 2 and 3 pounds of fruit. Thus, according to the recipe I should have used 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sugar per pound of fruit - and that would be at least

We feel like the luckiest family in the world to have Mr. Hubbell as our patriarch. Happy Father's Day to the Best One.