Update on Repairing Our DeRubeis Artwork

March 25, 2025 I received another email from DeRubeis’s office. “I spoke with the artist and he does believe that scratch is repairable. The cost for repair is $200, plus shipping. He does want to note that if you send back just the panel that needs to be repaired, it will be shinier than the […]

Return Contact from DeRubeis’s Office on Scratch

March 20, 2025 I received an email from DeRubeis’s office manager about the scratch on one of the artwork’s panels. she wrote back: “Hello Julia Thank you for reaching out. It is usually possible for a panel to be repaired but to look into it further, would it be possible to have you take a […]

Putting Up Our DeRubeis Artwork

March 18, 2024 On Sunday (March 16), I took a garden rake and started raking gravel back into the driveway, trying to fill up the washed out section on the hill. I finished that and went to the bottom of the driveway. As I was raking gravel, Bruce came out with a couple of shovels. […]

Pi Day and Herbs Arrive Today!

March 14, 2024 I realized I didn’t take a picture of the heeled in apple and peach whips, waiting to be planted. I took two pictures today to share. We got the RV’s replacement theater seating switch in the mail today. Bruce went to the RV and replaced the switch. He was happy to report […]

Apple, Peach and Pecan Trees Arrived

March 14, 2023 Oh, today is Pi day. What kind of pie should I make? I enjoyed seeing the flowers while walking around Blackberry Homestead yesterday morning. Yesterday, to make it easier to fill up holes in the yard with rocks, Bruce hooked up the cart to the mower. Nox wanted to ride the mower […]

Finishing Cleaning the Interior of the RV

March 12, 2025 This morning, we got up and loaded the three RV chairs we bought home from Colorado into the truck. Bruce also put some tools in the truck. He wanted to determine why my side of the theater seating in the RV wasn’t working. We stopped and ate breakfast at Millie’s Place before […]

Irish Handwoven Blanket Pictures for a Fiber Artist

March 10, 2025 I asked my blog friend Meg from yarnsfromthelake.com if she would like to see the Irish blanket unfolded. Since she said yes, I took some pictures of it unfolded. I thought I had remembered it being handwoven. Meg, I hope I got the title right (Fiber Crafter). I was wasn’t sure if […]

Gardening, Assembling Shelves, Cutting Off Branches and Unpacking Boxes of Books

March 9, 2025 Yesterday, I planted bunching onions seeds and fennel seeds. I also moved several medium sized branches that came down in the high winds to the dead hedge. I mulched the strawberries and onion plants. While I was getting leaves and pine straw to mulch the strawberries, I noticed this violet blooming. I […]

A Gift from Jeanne

March 1, 2025 While in Colorado, my lovely friend Jeanne from ajeanneinthekitchen.com, presented me with a beautiful vase that she made. I was thrilled and look forward to having a place to display it with some silk flowers. (Water will cause the buttons to come off.) The vase was the first item I unpacked from […]

An Unusual Christmas Tree (More of a Bush, Really)

December 19, 2024 I was feeling a bit festive, having gotten the gift I really wanted for Christmas, which was a new roof. I found some of the yaupan holly Bruce had cut out of the fence row. It is very Christmasy looking with its red berries. I brought some in, trimmed the ends, and […]