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. The sixth post in the July Workcation Series is such a rewarding experience for me and it’s all about blackberry season! If you missed the overview post, about all the tasks we completed during our July Workcation you can find it here. I’ll link all the posts in…
For the past four summers, Philip and I have spent the week of Independence Day at Kowalski Mountain, We’ve not made as many trips to the property this year, since the truck is in need of repair. However, we couldn’t break our summer tradition of spending a week on the homestead. Philip’s mom, Joy Murphy,…
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…
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…
When Philip and I began planning our wedding, we needed a backdrop for our ceremony. We talked about an archway as a possibility for a country backdrop. However, I was drawn to the idea of a hitching post. One of the local venues has one on their farm and I always loved the idea of…
Before Philip and I met, he’d often spend Thanksgiving hunting. I let him know early on that I wanted to be with my family for Thanksgiving. He’s been faithful to make that happen for me. This year was no different, we planned to host Thanksgiving for 15 guests. We served them a homegrown turkey that…
The 14th of the month is a special day to Philip and I, our first date was on Valentine’s Day, so we recognize this small milestone in our relationship. October 14th we were on Kowalski Mountain bow hunting. He had gone to the shoot house that evening and I had gone to the Honey Hole….
We are extremely fortunate to not only have our families close by but to also have such supportive families. Both sets of parents came to help with broiler butchering day. Philip’s parents, Danny and Joy Murphy, and my parents, Tom and Betty-Lou Seager. The evening before, Philip and I bathed all the birds we would…
Due to a year long project at work, I’d reached the point of needed to take time off to avoid Use or Loose PTO. A long weekend at Kowalski Mountain is always a great way to spend a little PTO and get in on the Labor Day weekend opening of archery season. So we took…
