Archive for June 2014
How to Make a Driftwood Candle Holder
Last summer Doug and I found a really cool piece of driftwood that had washed up on shore at my parents’ lake house. It was a really interesting piece of wood…with its unique curves and beautiful grayed, smooth texture. Given that we found it at my parents’ lake house I knew right away that I wanted to turn…
Read MoreThere’s Just Something about a Tire Swing
I don’t know what it is, but there’re very few things that say carefree summer days more to me than a tire swing. That’s probably why when we were trying to come up with images to represent the PLAY section of RYGblog that we landed on a tire swing. The crazy thing is, I didn’t have…
Read MoreGreat American Backyard Campout Day!
Mark your calendars…this coming Saturday, June 28th is Great American Backyard Campout Day! Who knew?! This year the National Wildlife Foundation has set a goal of getting 200,000 people across the country to camp out this weekend. To learn more, as well as get some great tips and ideas for your camping experience you can…
Read MoreZucchini Crisps with Basil Dipping Sauce (from McNack’s Kitchen)
One of our favorite veggies to grow is zucchini…always the first to make the list when we sit down to plan our summer garden. They are easy to grow…as long as I’m able to keep the vine borers and squash bugs away from them…and the girls and I love it whenever Britt fixes zucchini for dinner. One of my favorite things about my RYGblog…
Read MoreTake the Party Outside!
When considering where to host a special event like a birthday bash or a large dinner party, it seems that most of us limit our thinking to either having it inside or paying to have it somewhere else – when all along there’s very likely a great space just outside our doors. With just a…
Read MoreRedeem Your Day
This weekend was bittersweet. Sweet in that Sunday was Father’s Day and I was showered with love and attention by Brown & Littlest One…and Britt. It was really great…soul-filling…affirming…and so rich. I’m blessed. Bitter in that I got the news of 2 horrible things that had happened this past week. First, a guy I briefly worked…
Read MoreNational Get Outdoors Day!
Did you know that June 14th, 2014 is National Get Outdoors Day (GO)? That’s THIS Saturday people! So what are you going to do to celebrate? Since we’ve just recently learned of this great day, we at the Scott Household are still trying to figure out what we might do tomorrow to celebrate, but we definitely…
Read MoreHow to Prune Azaleas…and When!
A few months ago I wrote a post about some of my favorite white spring flowers. If mine had been in bloom at the time, I would have also included the Mrs. G. G. Gerbing Azalea (Azalea Rhododendron indicum ‘Mrs. G. G. Gerbing’). Because my G.G.s make up the foundational backbone of my landscape, I…
Read Moregot margin?
got margin? I don’t. But I need to. Really, we all need to. Either real or perceived, it seems like we are all running around with very little margin. And when we don’t have margin…or don’t feel like we do…we don’t rest, can’t rest…don’t see, can’t see…don’t feel, can’t feel…don’t think, can’t think…don’t dream, can’t…
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