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We survived Garden Tour! (Party Crashers and all…)

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Garden Tour

Hey everyone! Sorry I’ve been MIA this past week. MIA as in Missing in Arkansas. A few days after participating on the garden tour, I set out for the Delta Arts Festival and spent two days in the Batesville / Newport area with fellow Arkansas artists and authors. Now I’m preparing to spend five days in Piggott at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center with a group of authors and Ernest himself if he decides to inspire us with his presence. Just kidding about Ernest but it is an inspirational place to write.

This morning before I forget, I want to share my thoughts on the recent garden tour.

(FYI – This post is sponsored in part by The Sweet Bee Company which provided the t-shirt in the last picture.) Continue Reading

Sunday Letter: 06.02.19

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Sunday Letter

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

As we float into June, I think about the year we’ve had so far. And I worry about friends and family and folks I don’t know affected by floodwaters in Arkansas and Oklahoma. And farmers who can’t get crops in. Let’s hope and pray for a calm, productive June, shall we?

I’m happy to report we survived the Garden Tour yesterday. I am absolutely exhausted to the middle of my bone marrow. I plan to recap everything in a future blog post, but for now I’ll blame the Garden Tour for anything that may sound nonsensical in this letter. ☺Continue Reading

How to Create a Certified Monarch Waystation

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Monarch Waystation

Y’all. We are legit! (And I have the signage to prove it — LOL.) We recently received our official Monarch Waystation certification. I’m excited about this. A few years ago, I set out to create a butterfly garden and have finally adapted our backyard into a bonafide stopover for migrating butterflies.

A Certified Monarch Waystation means the area designated (our property) provides food, shelter and breeding habitat for monarchs.

If you build it they will come. It’s true. Continue Reading

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