Snail shells. Probably store-bought for stuffing and serving. I don't know when, if ever, we used them. We've got snail dishes that ...

Or not. This year, I strung lights along the deck railing. You can't tell it by this photo, though, unless you look real hard. I find my...

Leaves stuck to a damp deck on a foggy morning are common in the fall. It could be worse; wind often blows the bigger maple leaves up onto t...

Finally, here's a photo of Tasha shortly after her grooming last week. She's not very good at "sit and stay." She sits on ...

As you probably know by now, the plumber is coming this morning to sweep our chimney and clean out the wood stove. We have a few things to m...

The new water heater was installed yesterday and now we're back in "bidness," as some say. It's a big tank by French stand...

We've had a little relief from the recent heat, but the forecast is for another heat spell to build in over the weekend. Luckily, we ten...

...under the sun. We're enjoying a series of beautiful days and I'm almost done cutting the grass. I've also made another pass w...

It wouldn't be France without geraniums. This is one of two pots on the deck. They've overwintered twice, both times out on the deck...

We enjoyed a mostly sunny day on Friday, with another expected today. Of course, cloudless days are often chilly. I ended up putting a fire ...

The contractor showed up on time yesterday morning to replace the motor on our overhead garage door, fix a little glitch in one of the new r...

We're expecting the guys who did our window shutters and our garage door to show up first thing this morning. They have a new motor for ...

And another year passes. I was messing with the phone camera (documenting the holiday lights -- they all get put away tomorrow) and inadvert...

I should have waited until it got darker, but I was impatient. Still, you can see the lights hanging over the deck. This side of the house f...

This year's tree. I still have some ornaments to hang before I put all the empty boxes away. I looked at where I usually keep the phone ...

The replacement part for the wood stove arrived yesterday. It was late, which made me think it wasn't coming, but it showed up. Yay! The...

As I mentioned, this year's firewood is stacked and ready for the season. I've already had a few small fires. With the stove grille ...

This morning I got an email from a local friend who reads this blog from time to time. She read yesterday's post and took note of our pr...

Ken and I started work on stacking the firewood that was delivered on Friday. The pile (if shaped a little differently) is almost as big as ...

This is looking from our great room out onto the deck and beyond. Our two red maple trees (that's likely not their biological name) reac...