Category Archives: The Barn

Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons: April

Posted on May 5, 2015 by

Each month, those of us participating in this photo challenge return to our chosen location to note the passage of time through “The Changing Seasons.” I’ve chosen to document a year around my old house and gardens. Phew. April has been one labor-intensive … Continue reading →

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Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons: February

Posted on March 7, 2015 by

Old Man Winter had tired of toying with his usual victims. Feeling a bit of ennui after months of watching the hardy souls up north enduring his annual onslaught, he turned his beady little eye south of the Mason-Dixon line.   One hopes he … Continue reading →

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Monthly Photo Challenge: Ice in the Wheelbarrow

Posted on February 7, 2015 by

“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity,” we like to complain during Virginia’s steamy, sultry summers. Well, it’s February and “it’s not the cold, it’s the wind.” It’s cold all right, but it’s the biting, bitter cold gales that are … Continue reading →

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A Gift of Blue Spruce or Why I’m No Longer Pining Away

Posted on December 9, 2014 by

I should be embarrassed to pun away so shamelessly, but, alas, I am not! Let me tell you about something wonderful that happened to me the other day. All around our old Barn is nature’s abundance for Christmas decorations. I have a magnificent … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted on December 5, 2014 by

When we bought our old barn, I needed furniture tout de suite for the guest room. We found a five piece mahogany set in an antiques mall which I set to cleaning up before company arrived. As I was putting a … Continue reading →

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Dogwood Days

Posted on October 17, 2014 by

When we bought our old house, it was called “Eveland” after the former owner. Somehow I didn’t think “Barbland” had quite the same ring to it, don’t you agree? And besides, I had a backup name I’d been carrying in my pocket … Continue reading →

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Hyacinth Bean Tales

Posted on September 24, 2014 by

A word from my beloved Beverley Nichols: Long experience has taught me that whereas people will take advice about love, and about money, and about nearly all the problems which beset us in life, they will scarcely ever take advice … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Endurance

Posted on September 19, 2014 by

Show us what endurance means to you. Is it that high-school diploma, beads of sweat earned on a long run, a treasured family heirloom, or something else entirely? My first choice for “endurance” was a photo of the grand oak … Continue reading →

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Bring Out Your Silver

Posted on April 22, 2014 by

Wall Silver Wow, I’ve been writing my blog for four months now and haven’t delved into the topic of silver – real silver anyway – yet! So here goes…. When I married, silver was not exactly high on the list … Continue reading →

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Daffodil Silver

Posted on April 2, 2014 by

I have a favorite garden writer – well, actually I have two – but today we’ll stick with the inimitable Beverley Nichols: British, highly opinionated, passionate about all things horticultural, and a wonderful writer: As we all know, the only … Continue reading →

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