Finding the Extraordinary in Everyday Life
Posted on December 9, 2018 by mrssmythe
Are you wondering how the turkey is doing? The turkey is doing just fine. The turkey, and even the guinea hen, are now both sleeping in the coop. At night, it’s one big, cozy flock. Things are pretty chummy during the day, too, though…
Category: Celebrations, Chickens, Critters, House, Out & About, Seasons, Shopping, Week in Review Tags: chickens, Christmas tree, fudge, guinea hen, holiday decorating, turkey, Yankee Candle
Posted on November 18, 2018 by mrssmythe
I took a step toward holiday decorating this past week by bringing up my “Winter Animals” from the basement. They’re festive, but not overtly Christmassy, so I figured I could sneak them in early. This year I added a strand of twinkle lights for extra…
Category: Books, Critters, House, Old Books, Seasons Tags: cats, knitting, Mr. Wa, opal, rabbits, Ruth Wakefield, Shetland Scarf, Toll House Cookbook, Tucson Pullover, Veteran's Day
Posted on May 14, 2018 by mrssmythe
Things are hopping here on the home front. Inside, I’ve decided to (finally) tackle the kitchen walls. These should have been painted years ago, but I’ve put off the job because it wasn’t a matter of mere paint. There’s wallpaper under all that paint,…
Category: Garden, House, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: apple blossoms, bleeding heart, Creeping Phlox, dragon fruit, Flowering Almond, ground ivy, renovations, Violets, wallpaper
Posted on January 30, 2017 by mrssmythe
With the cold stretching long before us and the bright busy-ness of the holidays over, we at the Smythe house find we are, more and more, relying on hobbies and creative projects to fill our days. Pepper received a rock tumbler for her birthday earlier this month and finally…
Posted on July 13, 2014 by mrssmythe
I was out tag sale-ing again this weekend. I have a plan to furnish our living room in 1950’s Colonial Revival furniture and I’m hoping to find all of it second hand. This is all to be blamed on a blog called Retro Renovation which I’ve…
Category: House, Mrs. Smythe, On the Home Front, Reminiscing, Tag Sale-ing Tags: tag sales
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