Simple Fall Decorating Tips
Fall for me is that easier, no strings attached time of year that is simply about cooler weather, college football, and setting out some of my favorite fall treasures. It is about family and comfort...
View ArticleSpecial Christmas Gift Giving
For many years, I have used a method of gathering together a few select Christmas gifts to share with friends old and new. There is nothing comparable to giving something to a friend that was part of...
View ArticleChristmas at Casa Golondrina
It's beginning to look like Christmas at Casa Golondrina- our new home in El Paso. Earlier this month, as I emptied crates of Christmas treasures from their home in the garage, I rediscovered old and...
View ArticleZinnias in the Snow
This story begins with a conversation that took place in early September of this year, when I called the El Paso County Extension office. I needed to talk to a master gardener. You see I was in a bit...
View ArticleStarting 2018 Differently
Photos from my 2017 Instagram feed Happy New Year Friends! I know we are all catching our breath from our holiday celebrations, but before you fully move into 2018, I would like to suggest an idea....
View ArticleIf We Were Having Coffee: My Word For The Year and Blogging
Casa Gondrina at Christmas 2017 If we were having coffee, and after we discussed whether or not our Christmas decorations were boxed away, I would tell you about something I learned recently, how it...
View ArticleBe Bold
Welcome to Ten on the Tenth! In honor of Valentine’s Day 2018, which is right around the corner, a group of bloggers have come together, as we do each month, to offer inspiration. With that in mind,...
View ArticleDaybook Side by Side: Super Bowl Sunday 2013 and Super Bowl Sunday 2018
(Join me in looking at two Super Bowl Sundays.) Outside My Window : Super Bowl Sunday 2013… Mercy. I have so much to do to get the yard ready for spring, and I am running late. Note: This is the...
View ArticleZinnias and Ten on the Tenth
I have written often here at White Spray Paint about my love of zinnias and the connection they create to my farming heritage and my father, my wonderful friends and the Sisterhood of the Traveling...
View ArticleRose Panic
Roses From My Garden There is so much to learn about rose gardening. I feel so often that I am making it up as I go along, and I have so many questions, even though my roses previously grew and...
View ArticleDear Daughters: Embracing Your Inner Off Trend Decor Self :)
Dear Daughters, It takes a certain creative courage to embrace and design what you love in a home when it is not the trend of the day. (Hang in there with me and please stop rolling your eyes. We have...
View ArticleContainer Gardening
Would it surprise you to learn that container gardening has a different meaning for me? For me it is all about finding a unique container I already have, and the story that goes with it. For the stone...
View ArticleTwenty Years In
Today I coined a garden expression that describes how I have recently felt. Some days I want a garden here in El Paso that is ‘20 years in’. You know what I mean, right? How simple it would be if this...
View ArticleFlea Market Fashion
One of my greatest joys at the flea market is when I find jewelry and accessories. It is important to say at this point that I am never looking for anything specific. For me, it is about the thrill of...
View ArticleKindness From My Garden
I am blessed to say that I have been on the receiving end of acts of kindness too numerous to count. That blessing, that forever humbles me, and the theme for September's Ten on the Tenth, Random Acts...
View ArticleDear Daughters: Do You Have An Aretha In Your Life?
Dear Daughters, Do you have an Aretha in your life? Oh my goodness, I hope so. You cannot travel through life without a voice, a song, or a beat that grabs you so fiercely whenever you hear it...
View ArticleThings About Reading I Never Thought I Would Admit
(My newly collected Mexican cookbooks) First of all, I can't write a post about reading without saying how we as bloggers/readers are all blessed by Katie's book and movie reviews on her wonderful...
View ArticleFall Kitchen Favorites
This past summer I added some new kitchen items to my everyday cooking routine, and I think you will enjoy them too. We are about to hit the holiday cooking season, and these simple, inexpensive...
View ArticleBlue and White Fall Tablescape and Ten on the Tenth
Welcome to October's Ten on the Tenth, where our theme this month is all about fall. Fall is that perfect time of year to use what you have and to keep things simple. There is nothing I enjoy more...
View ArticleFall at Casa Golondrina
Welcome to the Fall in Love With Texas Blog Tour and welcome to our home Casa Golondrina. Fall has arrived here in El Paso. This is our second fall season in our home after living here almost 15...
View ArticleFinding Delight in Simple Things
The motto at Saint Mary's Hall- the girls' boarding school in San Antonio I attended for four years and graduated from was Teach Us to Delight in Simple Things. That was and never...
View ArticleA Turkey Tale
Source Does anyone else have turkey cooking memories from years past? I do. At this point you may be thinking 'of course you do Laura'. I began my early marriage cooking history thinking that someone...
View ArticleDear Daughters: August 2020
Dear Daughters: First, may I say that you are the kind of people/thinkers I would want on a sinking ship. You inherently know what I was taught as a child growing up on a ranch in South Texas which...
View ArticleThings That Are Making a Difference
Here are a few things that are making a difference in my day to day living.They make perfect sense to me in context.This is not a lofty list of daily goals.I wouldn't like them if they were, and...
View ArticleI Do Love A House Dress
I think when I was deciding how to best be comfortable in the house, I may have time traveled. As in BACK in time. For household lounging,working, or slinging, I am not a fan of girded up athletic...
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