Thursday, March 3, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
a touch a whimsy...a touch of spring!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Fun Delivery
This morning greeted me with a huge semi-truck full of pots! The pots for the awaited Adopt-a-Pot program are finally here! They are just the perfect size and color (one less thing to be nervous about...you have to make all the decisions before you actually get to see the pot...and we ordered 30 of them, so yeah, it was a relief they turned out so great!)
Now, we wait for the weather to cooperate and for the plants to come in! :) It's an exciting time!
P.S. There is a cart full of beautiful primrose in front of the store! If you are in need of some bright, spring cheer stop by!
Now, we wait for the weather to cooperate and for the plants to come in! :) It's an exciting time!
P.S. There is a cart full of beautiful primrose in front of the store! If you are in need of some bright, spring cheer stop by!
Friday, January 21, 2011
New additions
Yes... these are my mom and my new planters! Very Roman...very whimsy...very cool!
What have you added to your home to make it feel more alive lately?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
I am so excited this morning, I can barely sit down long enough to write anything!
Adopt-a-Pot: a city beautification project is OFFICIALLY A GO as of this morning! (To learn more about Adopt-a-Pot, visit our website HERE!) I am very excited about this project and want to thank everyone for their support, excitement, interest, and encouragement! I will be contacting those of you who have expressed an interest in adopting a pot very soon with more details! If you are interested and would like more information please visit our website for more information or contact myself (Laura) or Susan via e-mail, phone call or a visit to the store!
I am going to go get busy ordering some pots! :)
Happy day to you all,
Laura
P.S. A HUGE load of houseplants will be arriving tomorrow afternoon! Come check out how to add some life to your home in January!
Adopt-a-Pot: a city beautification project is OFFICIALLY A GO as of this morning! (To learn more about Adopt-a-Pot, visit our website HERE!) I am very excited about this project and want to thank everyone for their support, excitement, interest, and encouragement! I will be contacting those of you who have expressed an interest in adopting a pot very soon with more details! If you are interested and would like more information please visit our website for more information or contact myself (Laura) or Susan via e-mail, phone call or a visit to the store!
I am going to go get busy ordering some pots! :)
Happy day to you all,
Laura
P.S. A HUGE load of houseplants will be arriving tomorrow afternoon! Come check out how to add some life to your home in January!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Happy New Year!
The start of this new year brings with it the start of some pretty cool stuff! We have started a new monthly newsletter (which we are very excited about)! It will have more gardening information, tips, advice, reminders, random (and funny) information, gardening quips and more! Check out January's Newsletter HERE! (I will be posting the current month's newsletter on this blog and on our website, but if you would like it to come right to your e-mail inbox please sign up here!)
2011 also brings new projects to beautify Ontario! Check out the new Adopt-a-Pot community project HERE. I am working toward a 2011-2012 launch!
Our 2011 seminar schedule will be published very soon, so be watching for it! We have some fun ideas in the works for you! (Thank you to everyone who made the 2010 seminars a great success!)
I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to this next gardening season-winter is tough on gardeners! I have big plans for my garden- do you? It's a great time to start thinking and planning!
I hope everyone has a Happy New Year, and as always... Happy Gardening!
~Laura
2011 also brings new projects to beautify Ontario! Check out the new Adopt-a-Pot community project HERE. I am working toward a 2011-2012 launch!
Our 2011 seminar schedule will be published very soon, so be watching for it! We have some fun ideas in the works for you! (Thank you to everyone who made the 2010 seminars a great success!)
I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to this next gardening season-winter is tough on gardeners! I have big plans for my garden- do you? It's a great time to start thinking and planning!
I hope everyone has a Happy New Year, and as always... Happy Gardening!
~Laura
Friday, December 17, 2010
Spinning away winter
What are you doing keeping yourself busy with this winter? I hope to have more time to spin during these cold months. About twelve years ago I learned to spin fiber and have been hooked ever since. Gandhi said that if people would spend one hour a day spinning there would be world peace and I am sure that he was right. It is the most relaxing, meditative thing to do. Even non-spinners sit staring at the wheel of the spinning wheel as it goes around and around, almost putting them into a trance-like state. I enjoy knitting with my handspun but most of the time the skein of yarn is my finished product. If I knit something with it that is just an extra finished product. It is always amusing to me when many of my spinning friends have a plan for their fiber, from start to finish. How am I to know if a fiber feels like a scarf or a sweater or a pair of socks until I am finished spinning it?
As far as knitting goes...I enjoy small projects. By the time I am done with one sock I am ready to move on to another project, not finish the second sock. Surely there has to be other knitters with the same attitude? Children's clothes are for me. They are small, almost always soft, and cute. What isn't cute in miniature? My children, two of them married and one in college still, often ask me who I am knitting the baby clothes for, like I am trying to hint at having grandchildren. But I just smile and say that they are for baby shower presents or just the right baby that happens to enter my life. They don't buy it!
That is just one of the many things that I hope to do this winter. I hope that you have projects that you are looking forward to doing on cold, winter days and evenings. Life is too short not to have joy and peace added to the daily grind.
~Susan
As far as knitting goes...I enjoy small projects. By the time I am done with one sock I am ready to move on to another project, not finish the second sock. Surely there has to be other knitters with the same attitude? Children's clothes are for me. They are small, almost always soft, and cute. What isn't cute in miniature? My children, two of them married and one in college still, often ask me who I am knitting the baby clothes for, like I am trying to hint at having grandchildren. But I just smile and say that they are for baby shower presents or just the right baby that happens to enter my life. They don't buy it!
That is just one of the many things that I hope to do this winter. I hope that you have projects that you are looking forward to doing on cold, winter days and evenings. Life is too short not to have joy and peace added to the daily grind.
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