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To plant a garden…

It was Audrey Hepburn who said, “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”

I love planting my garden! I’m always impatient to get started. Impatience is actually one of my best and worst traits. Best because I am always pushing to accomplish things and worst because well, it can lead to disappointment when things don’t happen as quickly as I would like.

When it comes to my garden, I’d start planting in February if I could which is hard in New Jersey. I actually started some seedlings indoors that I moved outside about two weeks ago. Luckily, it turns out that my new forever home is in another zone that lets me get going a little earlier. Combine that with plants that can handle a little cold and I’ve already got quite a garden growing. So this #ThrowbackThursday I’m sharing some pictures of my garden that I took yesterday!

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This or that?

I’m definitely a coffee in the morning person. I make myself a big to-go mug to sip while I write my romance novels! Why a to-go cup? Because I am a total clutz and have spilled my coffee more than once. Luckily not into my laptop. I also have a tendency to get so involved in what I’m writing that I forget to have my coffee so the to-go cup keeps it form becoming iced coffee too quickly.

When it comes to an afternoon pick-me-up while I’m writing or relaxing, I like tea better. I discovered my favorite tea by accident when my daughter got married. Since she had a Jane Austen-themed wedding, her favor bags had very British things like shortbread cookies and tea. Someone suggested a wedding tea and I went online and discovered Harney’s Wedding Tea which is black tea infused with rose petals. I was a little leery, but it is delicious! It also came in beautiful little tins with silk sachets, but you can get it in a bigger tin.

How about you? Do you prefer tea or coffee?
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Monday Morning Musings

It’s Monday morning and the countdown is on to the unofficial start of the summer! I’m looking forward to long strolls on the boardwalk, sitting on the beach reading romance novels and relaxing, getting tasty ice cream cones, and lots of gardening. Combining all those things, it’s no wonder that summer is my absolute favorite time of year!

What about you? What are you looking forward to this summer?

Monday morning
P.S. – If you want to visit my home state of New Jersey, check out what to do at the NJ Visitor Guide!

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Time to Party on #FridayReads

Imagine that we’re having a party and you could bring as your date a fav author, and also your fav drink, and snack! Who and what would you bring? I think I’d bring William Shakespeare, some champagne, and Cheetos. Yes, Cheetos those telltale snacks that I can’t eat while writing!
Caridad friday read

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Sharing my comfy new office!

I’ve mentioned that I wrote a lot of my romance novels on the train while commuting to and from work. But I also had to do a lot of writing on the weekends and because I spent so much time at a desk for my job, I opted for either writing on my couch or on the balcony during nice summer days.

Now that I’ve retired and I’m writing full-time, I still don’t sit at a desk. I’ve got a nice comfy futon in my office and a balcony during the summer months. Today I’m sharing a picture of my office. I’ve got lots of things as you can see, including so many wonderful gifts from some of you! I treasure them.

I’ll share a photo of my “balcony office” when it’s a little warmer and my flowers are blooming!
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Happy Cinco de Mayo Birthday Slate!

It’s hard to believe that it’s been seven years since our little fur baby was born! Happy birthday, Slate. You are a chill cat and so loving. We are so happy that you were born by our air conditioning unit and that your mom and aunt left you for us on the deck.
caridad fur baby
P.S. Even though Slate was a rescue from a feral family, you can help make a difference by adopting from a shelter like the Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter where we got my daughter’s cat.

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You don’t need a green thumb!

If you’ve always wanted to have a plant in your house but don’t think you have a green thumb, try out an air plant! They are inexpensive and all it takes is a few spritzes of water once a week. Since air plants generally grow beneath the canopy of other trees, they don’t like harsh direct light. You can keep them somewhere they get indirect light.

They also don’t need soil so you can glue them (yes glue them) at the bottom to a piece of driftwood, shell, or nestle them in a small pot with some moss.

There are quite a number of different air plants and some have color on the leaves while others will also flower so you can have variety.

If you give them a shot, please let me know!
caridad air plant

P.S. – Just in case you need some more assistance with growing air plants, check out this article at HGTV.

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