Recently I participated in a series of free online workshops called "Workshop Week" hosted by Becca Courtice of the Happy Ever Af...

And it is still raining. All week. (Well, we had a surprise day off on Sunday, but thunderstorms are coming again and scheduled through Frid...

I don't know when my love affair with quilts began but I know I was very young. Perhaps it started with my first quilt, a doll blanket m...

Back some time ago, I mentioned the delicious quiche I cobbled together from a couple of different recipes. So many were interested I promis...

With Rick in Dallas and my last physical therapy appointment for a few days under my belt, the time was right -- road trip to the lake for t...

I haven't done an art post in awhile so I thought I'd catch up with a few things I've been working on. As you know, I'm very...

More blooms! My garden and peonies are faded now, but I managed a few pix before the passed their peak.

What could be better than a perfect day in June? A perfect day spent with the Toddler Twosome and their mom and dad!  Rick was leaving for D...

The morning of our Cork Popper reunion, with the theme "Quarant-wine," started with an ER trip for Rick and ended with us all tast...

I'm rewriting my "Strawberry Season" post because I accidentally deleted it (UGH!) Things I learned today -- no way to retriev...

It's really good that I like to lick the batter bowl. Just one of the "real life" things happening in my world! I decided that...

In an earlier post I mentioned a New York Times article that discussed languishing and flourishing during lockdown times and I mentioned I ...

The erratic weather patterns of spring that have gone from very warm and sunny to blustery and dark have kicked into their gloomy mode. We d...

I'm sitting in my office, the windows open. The temperatures have dropped and the breeze coming through is cool -- perhaps a little too ...

Some of you have already noticed a few changes here at Marmelade Gypsy and I have Linda, the Fairy Blogmother and writer of Life and Linda ...

Within the past two weeks we have jumped 45 degrees in temperature! From covering the newly purchased and planted plants at night to requiri...

Earlier this season I took you on a blog walk through Michigan State's Beal Gardens . This is an outdoor botanical garden with a variet...

What a crazy time this is! With spring finally showing its warmer side here in Michigan, I find myself feeling overloaded with things to do....

Life these days has just been -- well, life. Nothing terribly exciting, nothing awful. So, just a bit of a catch-up. It sort of matches Lizz...

The goslings have arrived! I've yet to see the number I suspect are there (and they are keeping pretty far from shore, so I'm glad f...

The other day I was chatting in the yard with my neighbor, Rosie. She's a fabulous gardener -- her yard blooms from early spring to late...

 I have some new neighbors!  Aren't they cute? The babies are so tiny, I almost missed them as they plodded through the brush to the wa...

I took a walk on MSU's campus and enjoyed a look at another part of campus -- spring blooms are waning a bit but still, nature is its be...

Our unseasonably warm weather took a dip downwards this past week. I'm worried about the flowering trees and my young budded flowers, ma...

We haven't been down to the ditch for a bit so I thought I'd fill you in on life with some of my favorite critters! Mother Goose has...