Saturday, April 27th ......

today was just a regular Saturday

ran errands, hung out, didn't do much

below is a cute little sign I made the other day

No day is ever complete without a drive down Beach Road...it 

never gets old to me

Added a palm to the back balcony...now it's finished

so calm and relaxing out there

I am so hooked on this artichoke recipe

sure wish the prices of artichokes would come down a little....geezz

DELICIOUS

We had planned all along to do raised beds for some tomatoes

and other veggies. Not going to get that done this year but will def

do it for next year. Instead we put a few cherry tomato

plants in our flower beds. Hope they do well

Last year we planted hydrangea's....one of my favorites

we had noticed they seemed to do well around here and they did

very well last year. But now this year getting bigger and is

covered in buds. Can't wait for them to bloom

We had thought about moving these but they are doing so well

here decided against it. It's a guessing game down here

as to what will do good considering the entire island

is only sand!

and our lavender is coming back from last year

and that's about it for today.

Tomorrow is looking good for a beach day...fingers crossed

later.....

6 months later...

good grief...talk about abandonment 

no post since October 2018!

I'm going to try to be so much better with posting

I'm almost retired, 20 more work days!!

Johnny and I have been having a lot of fun doing

things to our home 

Planted flowers, trying to get rid of the weeds (that's not really fun)

 fixing up the carport, my fave place to relax and hang out

We just love our neighbors....so much fun

and the fire pit is almost nightly

Johnny is making progress on his "she shed"...slow but progress

but that's fine, he's retired and works at his own pace now

here's the side yard...not too many weeds in this sod

I bought a Cricut machine to play around with during retirement

here's one of my first projects....

With not being too sure about how well flowers would do in this sand

we didn't overdo it too much

we buy garden soil and mix it with the sand and so far

things are doing well

you can also tell there are lots of weeds in this sod, which was a

different delivery. But Johnny is working his yard magic and 

slowly killing off the weeds. I know in a couple of years it will look great

I'm really hoping the clematis will do well. One of my fave's and I love

any flower that will continue to come back each year

hoping it will climb the fence

Last year we planted our first tree, a crape myrtle

and look at her now, she's coming back strong!

I love our little back balcony

it is so peaceful out there, especially in the morning

So I decided to make it a little more appealing and pretty

bought 2 plants to go out there but I think I need to 

add a palm out there to sit in the corner.

And the dogs just love hanging out here

that's all for now

later.....

Potato soup ....

My momma always made the best potato soup

she always told us the secret was lots of butter, constantly

stirring with a wooden spoon as you added the milk

and she always emphasized the "constant stirring"

So I never attempted to make it...haha

Joanne Gaines has a potato soup recipe in her

new cookbook, Magnolia Table so I decided to try it

and dare I say it.....(momma don't listen) but it could

possibly be better than momma's.

and there was no constant stirring and no 

mega amounts of butter

chopped garlic, onions, celery and carrots

mmm, bacon

diced potatoes...

topped with cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon and fresh thyme

Delicious!

I will be making this a lot this winter

later....

Beach ....

One morning Jacquelyn, Bucky, Avery and I got up

before the sunrise and rode up to Corolla

we had been there before and had good luck with

some great shells and sea glass

It wasn't the case this time but we enjoyed

walking the beautiful beach and watching the sunrise

the whole week the water was so warm and clear...just

a wonderful time

later....