As the days grow cooler, one of my favorite activities on early morning walks in the late fall is to search for frost flowers. My first discovery of frost flowers was on one of my earliest trips to Kowalski Mountain when Philip and I were preparing for archery season. At first glance, frost flowers might…
As I have endeavored to improve the Kowalski Mountain website, I took a leap of faith and invested in a blogging course earlier this year. While I know I have a long way to go, I have learned so much and have worked so hard to improve our online presence at kowalskimountain.com. One of the greatest…
As the 100th post on Kowalskimountain.com quickly approached, I pondered what I could write about that might be extra special to celebrate this exciting milestone. Then I stumbled upon some photographs taken in 2016 when Philip walked the property for the very first time. I knew we needed to take a look back to where…
It’s summertime in Florida, and finally, it’s scalloping season again! Scalloping is hands down one of my most favorite Florida activities. I love the entire process! The ride out on Crystal River is picturesque, it’s what I refer to as “old Florida”. Hours of swimming in the clear, shallow water. The saltwater makes me feel…
Welcome to the July 2021 Workcation series. I’ve already given you a brief overview of the projects we tackled while at Kowalski Mountain for our annual workcation. If you missed the overview post, you can find it here. Now we are going to dig deeper to take a closer look at some of the tasks…
Philip and I are in the empty nest stage of life. While one of my daughters live close by, all the rest of our children are scattered across the United States. My youngest daughter, Faith Hardy and her new husband, Stephen came down from Tennessee to spend the weekend with family and friends. While they…
In early March Philip responded to a request from a family that had a colony of bees that had taken up residence in the exterior wall of their home. The bees were making their way into the residence through an abandoned cable access point. The homeowner, Rebecca Rosin, was looking for a beekeeper who extracts…
There are numerous phrases we use in everyday speech that often we don’t fully understand their meaning until we come face to face with their origin. Nitpicking was one of those terms that came to life to me when my family of 5 got infested with lice! Ohhhh how that term brought on all new…
While we were planning our wedding ceremony, I wanted snow to blanket the winter landscape and create a winter wonderland. Instead, our wedding venue glimmered in a dazzling layer of ice that coated the homestead with a beauty all its own. The winter storm that I wished for did come in after the festivities were…
Philip and I drove into Kowalski Mountain at the height of Winter Storm Shirley, a dangerous ice storm that paralyzed much of the country. Philip likes to drive at night, which is difficult for me to stay awake after working a full day. However, after a short nap, I made a point to stay awake…
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