Tag: Garden Corner
A Learning Experience
The day had finally arrived—the day I had to point out to my husband that the duct tape holding the pet-sized door closed was...
Winner Winner Dad’s Day Dinner
At the beginning of every month, I sit down (or, more realistically, I take a pause while driving between errands) and review what is...
The First Note
There is this feeling when I sit down to write. It is an odd mix of excitement and nerves. It is similar, in my...
Baby, I love you, but…
2024, a New Year. We are living in the future, with the whole year ahead of us. Plans to be made, milestones to be...
An Old Fashioned Christmas Tree
As I traveled past the city of Cornelius and into the adjoining wide open and scenic Oregon countryside, my delivery truck began to seriously...
Questions of Plenty
This October has brought on yet another different season at The Garden Corner. This year, 2023, draws dangerously close to an end as the...
A Timely Fall Season
I am overheating, but refusing to relent as I take another sip of my long-awaited pumpkin-spiced beverage. My lightest sweatshirt sits slung loosely around...
Dressing for Success
There are days when all I wish for is just a little breeze – standing at the checkout clinging to the little circle of...
Coffee Conversations and Contemplations
The year was 2021. “Wow, that is way more gardening than I have done in my entire life!” The lovely barista from my local...
The Winter Rollercoaster
The post-holiday season… the downhill crumble from the excitement and energy that culminated in what many consider to be winter’s peak. It is as...