"No more wire hangers!" You may be familiar with this phrase from the 1978 book "Mommie Dearest" by Christina Crawford. Well, now I have my own phrase: "No more floating shelves!" But allow me to explain. You may remember reading about my floating shelves awhile back in "Climbing the Walls." It's not the shelves I …
I was at Barnes and Noble awhile back and they had a lot of posters up about classic literature. When I saw the one for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", I got the idea for this post. This bottlebrush tree was in our backyard when we were married in 1992. I came across the photo …
If you can't run with the big cats, stay out of the jungle! Hi everyone, it's me, Foster reporting from my den! Mom said I could do another post on her blog, so I decided to show you how much I am like my Big Cat relatives! I'll do it with the help of photos …
I think it's about time for an update on my Whimsical Garden. Feel free to come along for a visit, and I promise you won't get caught in a whimsical spider web! One of the things I like best about my Whimsical Garden is the fact that I now have some solar lights in the …
"It always starts when Foster gets bored." -Panda I have to say I don't know what Panda is talking about, because I never get bored. I just like adventure. And I happened to remember that Mom has all these drawing books in the living room. So when we were looking out the front window …
"I just want to drink coffee and make pretty things." When I first saw the phrase on Pinterest, it was one of those things that rang true as soon as I read it. I thought, yes, that's a pretty accurate description of me at the moment. Let me explain... One of the first things I …
Hi everyone, it's me, Foster! August 2, 2016 was my first day in my new home with Mom! So I just celebrated my one year birthday of being adopted! In honor of my first year, Mom and I have put together a collage for each month since she adopted me. She said I could …
It has come to my attention that I am living a somewhat sedentary lifestyle. Having had classes at two separate schools every day for the last 6 years of my teaching career, often traveling between several classrooms and wings at a single site, I did a lot of walking. But since I retired, although I …
In the 1970s the opinion was that you should talk to your plants. It was supposed to make them grow better. However, I don't remember ever reading that you were supposed to name them... Meet Sunny, the latest addition to my whimsical garden! Only $4.99 at Orchard's, which I thought was a good price. Not …
Nana's Whimsical World 