Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to our weekly #respite in #mygarden. Noticed on Tuesday that tho’ the #flowers are fading fast on this #butterflybush it’s still a favorite #hangout for #butterflies & #bees. Let’s join them there -(it’s 5 o’clock somewhere!)🦋🐝 #bloomscrolling

Good morning, my friend! We’re having some gloomy weather that can also affect moods, so I wanted to offer a virtual hug to anyone who could use one. I know it’s an old meme, but somehow beloved doggie baby pictures feel right for #ThrowbackThursday. Have a good day!🤗 #Snoopy #Clifford #virtualhug

Good morning, my friend! Sharing thoughtful life advice from another in my kitchen towel collection…because I care. #WisdomWednesday #LifeLessons #Balance #Salad #Cupcakes

Good morning, my friend! Fall-elujah!🍂🍃Celebrated the arrival of #fall with an extra-long #hike. It was un-beleaf-able! Simply beauti-fall as #leaves are already changing color up here! Once home again, fall #decor (aka #candies) rounded out a wonder-fall day! Here’s to the bright cider of life!🍁

Good morning, my friend! Great weather for annual #Northboro #AppleFest Wkend (parade, family fun, fireworks). Friends invited us to the #ClassicCar Show finale yesterday. Live music, beautiful cars! 1st time we’d ever been! Fun way to usher in #fall (today at 2:19pm)! (clic on pics for descrips).

Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to our weekly #respite in #mygarden. Today we share it with wee #critters: #grasshopper, clear-wing #dragonfly, #bee, and the cutest lil’ toad (“Ben”)clinging to my #backdeck storm door last evening! Always room for more friends! Please join us!

Good morning, my friend! Part-3! We visited all 5 #SpringfieldMuseums in 1 day! Sharing another: the #ScienceMuseum founded 1859. There’s a #planetarium, separate halls for #Earth, #Africa, #Oceans, #Mammals, a sci lab, etc, but my fave was #Dinosaurs. Something for everyone! Go!🦖🌎🌊🔬🔭 (clic on pics)

Good morning, my friend! Sharing part-2 of wkend #adventure at #SpringfieldMuseums! One is devoted to #author #DrSeuss! See the Seuss character garden, his actual studio, meet the #Grinch, #Lorax, #CatintheHat, #ThingOne&ThingTwo, etc, maybe the most fun #museum ever! Part-3 tomorrow! (clic on pics)

Good morning, my friend! Part-1 of wkend #adventure: We drove to #SpringfieldMuseums for #VanGogh before it closed. Lots of 3-D models of his paintings,some you could step in! Fun concept! (Didjaknow you buy 1 ticket and get admission to all 5 area museums?) Super fun part-2 tomorrow! (clic on pics)

Good morning, my friend! I hope all is well with you! It was another wonderful, fun-filled #adventure weekend for us, which I’m looking forward to sharing with you. #Tomorrow. (Because…how is it #Monday already?) “Here coffee, coffee, coffee…”☕️

Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to share #mygarden for our weekly #respite. The #hydrangeas are fading, but the purples are going strong and hosting a #bee #convention, apparently. “Hue”-mongous #spiritlift. Have a great wkend! (clic on pics for descrips) #bloomscrolling

Good morning, my friend! It’s said that “the problem with Thursday is that it’s still not Friday.” So…catch your breath. Sharing a view out of one of my windows. #morning #morningmist #lifesavors #quiettime #Thursday

Good morning, my friend! The dog’s head on your lap. The same cheery cashier at the grocery store. #Sundaydinners. An old friend’s #phonecall. Trading shoes for slippers at the end of the day. S/he always says #goodmorning to you the exact same way. What “little things” for you? #WednesdayWisdom

Good morning, my friend! As promised, part-2 of Saturday’s adventures. Mane event: went to #NewportPolo, called “sport of kings,” but fun for everyone! Hadn’t been in a few years, glad to see how it’s grown! At game’s end, you line the field to High-5 the players who gallop past you! Goal diggers!😉🏇

Good morning, my friend! Happy Monday! Sharing pics from my fam’s weekend visit to #GreenAnimals in #Portsmouth, RI! Some “sculptures” are 110 years old! Carvings include a RI rooster, dog, bears, and a ❤️-shape for sweethearts! Part-2 of Saturday’s travels tomorrow! (clic on pics for descrips)

Good morning, my friend! Every #FriYay I invite you to share a #respite in #mygarden ‘(coz I’m always rooting fir yew)! While we “can’t wear white after Labor Day,” the rule doesn’t apply to #gardens! Always remember to grow with the flow, and that I’m so frond of you🌱 Have a safe & happy weekend!

Good morning, my friend! Enlightening info: I heard that two scientists actually weighed a #prism. They found it was pretty light. Then they received a prism sentence. It was a light sentence that gave them time to reflect. (Truth is, my house is always at the end of my #rainbow❤️) Happy Thursday!

Good morning, my friend! Wanted to share some photos of the #StAnthonyFeast in #Boston’s #NorthEnd. Hubs, son & I had a wonderful time (& great eats🍝) at this ann’l street event. My “Nonni” (grandparents) took me every year and it brings me back instantly to those days🥲🥰! Clic on pics for descrips!

Good morning, my friend! Welcome back from the long wkend and Welcome in to a brand #newday! Met Chef last spring just #celebrating the day and he says it all for me! Chef’s kiss to the new week, month, and whatever life has in store! Don’t look back- you’re not going there! U with me?! ❤️#bestadvice

Good morning, my friend, and Happy Labor Day! Wishing you a safe and fun day off! #LaborDay #PumpkinSpice #3DayWeekend #HolidayMonday

Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to our weekly #respite in #mygarden before you launch into the long #holiday #weekend. Today we’re sharing it with our frequent visitors: #hummingbird, #rabbit & #hawk who co-exist here in peace. #Gardens teach. (Clic on pics for descrips). 😘

Good morning, my friend! Sharing another #mural! Saw this one in #Watertown, MA. Had to stop- -looked yummy! “Seeds of Change” was painted by Watertown HS (!) students in collaboration with artist Gregg Bernstein in 2015. The students also met with area shop owners who sell these foods! #streetart

Good morning, my friend! Getting an early start today. 🌅Narrating an “industrial,” a major recording project, down the #Cape! An all-day session, so, alas, no 🏖️ time. Before I hit the road I wanted to share this fun meme with good advice for #WednesdayWisdom. Enjoy your day! 🌞

Good morning, my friend! Part-2 of YOLO wkend: son’s impromptu invite to his sports car-fan Mom to join his group of pals at #DreamRide in CT! Annual event brings together $million cars to give “dream rides” to mentally challenged people. Design event raises $ for good causes. #greatday #boymom ❤️🏎️

Good morning, my friend! Had 0 wkend plans except a new mattress delivery🥱. Then plans “exploded!” Part-1: impromptu dinner on friend’s patio while watching her town’s annual #summer #fireworks display! Total #surprise!🎇 (Part-2 tomorrow!) Wishing you a #Monday with only #happy surprises for you!❤️

Good morning, my friend! Each #FriYay I invite you to a #respite in #mygarden. The color waves continue with zesty #orange! #Lantanas line my front path, #celosia, #gerbera for my hubs, and 1st time for this #coleus. (clic on pics for descrips). Orange you glad for this pigment of our imagination?!🧡

Good morning, my friend! As promised, part-2 of my #Gloucester #daytrip. Stage Fort Park area also has free #bocce courts, a sweet cove (w/life guard!), ancient cannon (someone placed a mini-jelly jar on this one🙄) and ship anchors everywhere! #Nearby #wonders to explore! (clic on pics for descrips)

Good morning, my friend! Spent the day in #Gloucester helping an #artist friend gather #driftwood for an upcoming show. I’ve been to Gloucester at least 30 times in my life, yet 1st time at Stage Fort Park! (More tomorrow! (clic on pics for descriptions). #perfectday #seaside #garden #history ⚓️🌅🌊🐚

Good morning, my friend! Just in from pruning #flowers in the #backyard, before it gets too hot, including at our #memorial to our late #bestboy Doogie. Spotted a baby toad taking a rest on the angel statue. So peaceful, I just let him be. Wishing you the same comfort today. Toadally.🐸 (Clic on pic)

Good morning, my friend! A #weekend exploration with my hubs took us to Hopedale, MA to see the Hope Fountain. Called “the most beautiful public #fountain in America,” sculpted 1904 by Waldo Story who studied in #Italy. #Monday can be tough, wanted to give you “hope.” (Clic on pic for descriptions)

Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to our weekly #respite in #mygarden. The #blackberries are at their peak so jam making is on the schedule🫙, (quarter shown as reference), and busy #bees are “having a field day!” Wishing you a bee-utiful🐝 weekend filled with #sweettreats!❤️

Good morning, my friend! Stuck at home all day yesterday waiting for windshield replacement guy-(4 hrs late, but got done finally)! Re-organized 4 #garage shelving units while I waited. Also started & finished 1,000 pc. car-themed #jigsawpuzzle. Good day after all! Now onto #Thursday! Let’s go!

Good morning, my friend! Big excitement for me today: having my windshield replaced. Just took these fotos in my garage, the best I could do w/my old phone. A passing 🚗 kicked up a rock, left a hole within the cracked glass, and gave me a 2-second heart attack. Loud!! Anyone else go through this?🙄

Good morning, my friend! Today is Natl #VinylRecordDay!🎶 Foto of the last of 3 bins I just got from my late parents’ house. Dad loved opera to jazz, mom loved musicals to Sinatra. Can’t wait to go through these! His Dad joke: “For the record: a person born in 33 was 45 in 78!”Music brings them back🥰

Good morning, my friend! How is it #Monday already? Are you the “up and at ‘em” kind? Or in the “what the cat dragged in” camp? For today’s #MondayMugs I’ve got one that fits you either way! Just fill it with (Dolly P’s) ‘cup of ambition’ and seize the day! Or not. You do you. (Luv ya either way!)😘

Had to share because this post/video was just what I needed to see at the end of a long day. Good night!

Good morning, my friend! It’s FriYay! For our weekly #respite in #mygarden it’s a sunny color wave. I planted “XXL Durango” #dahlias this year; the yellow #coneflowers came back strong; golden #petunias, & 1st time for potted #Thunbergia, (a Black Eyed Susan vine). #Spiritlifters #lifesavors all!🌞💛

Good morning, my friend!Sharing another street #mural, this time from the side of a building in #Worcester. “The Block Player” shows a blue creature picking up fallen buildings and adding them to a growing #cityscape. Would love to credit the artist if anyone knows? #StreetArt #PublicArt #ArtForAll🎨

Good morning, my friend! Caught red handed! Sharing photo (through the window screen) of Kevin-the-Chipmunk🐿️ on my #backdeck eating the #blackberries he stole. And the messy aftermath. SMH: he’s berry rude, like his “bro” and mentor Gary-the-Squirrel. #NoManners #justask #crimespree #clutchmypearls

Good morning, my friend! Celebrated yesterday’s #NationalChocolateChipCookieDay by baking my usual 8-doz. (Some for fam right away, some to share, some to freeze). Photo 2: all that are left this a.m.! My own fault: should have packaged them all right away, or left notes. Oh well…chip happens! 🤷‍♀️😉🍪

Good morning, my friend! Last-minute plans to charming #Newburyport in glorious wkend weather: great food, art/antiques shops & 🥰waterfront, including #CustomHouseMaritimeMusem. Turns out today is #NationalCoastGuardDay! CG motto: “Semper Paratus” (Always Prepared)! It’s #Monday: let’s do this!👍

Good morning, my friend! After the week that was, inviting you to a #FriYay #respite in #mygarden. On the #backdeck, a #fuschia cascade and a mini from-seed #pollinator garden. In the garden below, #grapes & #coneflowers coming into their own! Remember: for You & gardens alike:🌞+🌧️+😓+⏳= #worthit 😘

Good morning, my friend! Celebrated my close friend’s❤️ #milestone #birthday by being her 4th. I’m Famously BAD at #golf so I know am asked annually out of pity (or to be comic relief)! Congrats, Ro, on 1st place on your b’day🎂! Love, Your last place friend who is younger😉! #friends #laughs #funday

Good morning, my friend! Celebrated close friend’s❤️ #milestone #birthday wish by being her 4th. I’m FAMOUSLY BAD at #golf -I know I’m asked annually out of pity (or as comic relief!🤣) Congrats, Ro, for 1st place on your b’day🎂! Love, Your always last place pal (who is younger.😉) #friends #laughs

Good morning, my friend! Saturday date Part-2: also visited #IAMBooks, (Ital-American Books) on Salem St. in the #NorthEnd. Bought a new children’s book by longtime listener/follower Prof. A. Crudale, about an Italian boy’s immigrant experience. Bravo, Alfredo!👏 ❤️ #books #bookstore 📚 #supportlocal

Good morning, my friend! We never miss this! Went to the 21st annual #sand #sculptures #competition #reverebeach. Perfect day for it! (& #Kelly’s)! Festival is over, but sculptures stay up until #MotherNature takes them down! I call it “Temporary #contemporary #art “ ❤️ Free to see! Enjoy your day!🏖️

Good morning, my friend! Hope you had a great wkend! I did: Hubs🥰took me on a surprise date to Boston’s #NorthEnd for St. Joseph Feast! Asked a young kid to take our pic- this is what he did!🤝Then dinner (& #tiramisu #dessert) at #AnticoForno on Salem St. Yum! Ready to launch a new week! Let’s go!🎉

Good morning, my friend! Each #FriYay I invite you to a #respite in #mygarden. Today it’s the #BerkshireBotanicalGarden! Below, the #lotus #fountain greets you, write & hang your wish on the Wishing Tree, pretty displays even in front of tool sheds, and #lilypond. Lots of calm, cool green!💚🌿🌳

Good morning, my friend! We toured #Naumkeag, a 44-rm Gilded Age “cottage,” on 48-acres w/public gardens in #Stockbridge. Each window & outdoor space was designed to frame “perfect views.” Built 1885 by lawyer J.Choate & wife Caroline (who co-founded Barnard for women’s education)! Go! #Berkshires

Good morning, my friend! Every time we go to T’wood, we also go to @normanrockwellm.bsky.social. My faves are “The 4 Freedoms.” This time went for exhibit of author/artist #WaltWick (“I Spy” book/games series). My son was raised with these & is Wick’s biggest fan. We met Wick! (Score one for Mom!)❤️