Category Archives: Home and Hearth

Bye bye sweet house…

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After not having lived in the cottage on High Street in Campbellsville for 9 months, special memories of our life there resurfaced and tugged at my heart strings. This is bound to happen as my heart is of the tender … Continue reading

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Christmas 2024 – New Year 2025

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We enjoyed some beautiful winter sunsets leading up to this Christmas. More photos of the sky and of nature can be seen here. “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” – Saint Francis of … Continue reading

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All about Liam

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Liam is our blond cat who is part Main Coon and part another breed. He is our second cat after Laura, who was killed by some fearsome creature in our backyard during COVID. Although we originally adopted Liam, he ended … Continue reading

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Jacob turned 18 years old and what he has been up to

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Right before I started writing this post yesterday (Wednesday, May 22nd), I had waved goodbye to Jacob and David as they were leaving for Louisville. David was driving Jacob to Louisville to meet up with nine other students and three … Continue reading

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Flowers in winter

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Our holiday cactus After almost two years of doing not much beside multiplying its leaves, our finicky holiday cactus finally bloomed on the morning of the Lunar New Year which fell on February 10 this year. Our winter garden

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Floral decor for our front porch this year

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Beautiful snapdragons

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This summer we tried growing snapdragons from seeds with satisfying results. Although we had to sacrifice a whole pot of sprouts to a very hungry and furry caterpillar, two pots of snapdragon sprouts survived and grew. When they were strong … Continue reading

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Summer 2023

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We settled down to our summer routine after coming back from Rhode Island near mid July. Before our summer trip, we had quite enjoyed being together at home all day every day after almost nine months of the boys’ school … Continue reading

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Our climbing rose this Spring

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This Spring, our robust climbing rose brought us and our neighbors a lot of joy when it was in full bloom. I even received a text from a previous neighbor who had happened to drive past our house about how … Continue reading

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Springtime at our house

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David planted these hyacinths and tulips as a birthday present to me last November. The hyacinths started coming up right before March and the tulips started blooming and opening up last week. This is our first year having early Spring … Continue reading

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