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April 10, 2024

The Other Side of Fortunes

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Chris and I picked up some Chinese take out on our way back home from our road trip to Ohio. As always I look forward to the fortune cookies. Not for the cardboard tasting cookies but for the fortunes. We always laugh about them and Continue reading →

April 9, 2024

Teapot Tuesday

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This little teapot in my collection loses its head every single time I use it!  Who would ever think of having a chicken teapot?  Well, me, of course. . . . I think this one was born to be next to this Longaberger basket and Continue reading →

April 8, 2024

Biltmore Blooms 2024

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It wouldn’t be spring without a Biltmore Blooms post here on It’s Just Life. Not many words today but a lot of lovely flower pictures to share with my readers. Enjoy! . . . . . . . . . Continue reading →

April 5, 2024

Atalaya Castle

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On our previous trip to Murrells Inlet in South Carolina we visited Brookgreen Gardens but this time we skipped that and went to explore Atalaya Castle (which means watchtower) which was built by Archer Huntington and his wife Anna Hyatt Huntington. Mr. Huntington was an Continue reading →

April 4, 2024

A Day at the Marsh

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On our recent trip to South Carolina we spent a day exploring Huntington Beach State Park at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Yesterday I shared a bit about a cute pollinator garden that was located outside the Atalaya Castle and today we are going to take Continue reading →

April 3, 2024

It’s All About the Bees

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Last week on our “spring break” getaway we found some time to go to some pretty great places. Of course I will share those with you because that is what I do. I am good at sharing. One of the places we visited Atalaya Castle Continue reading →

April 2, 2024

Teapot Tuesday

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Tuesday is here and that means highlighting a teapot from my massive collection. Today the teapot has a familiar theme – books. Of course it suits me, don’t you think? . . . The globe comes off and that is the place you put the Continue reading →

April 1, 2024

Comments for a Cause Goes Pretty

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No fooling – it’s April 1st! I am not a big one for April Fool’s jokes and never have been so there won’t be any joking around here but if you know you know that the first of the month is kind of a big Continue reading →

March 29, 2024

Spring Break Sixties Style

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Chris surprised me last week and said “Let’s go to the beach for a couple of days next week” and you know I would never turn that offer down, right? So off we went to just spend a few days and nights at the beach. Continue reading →

March 28, 2024

If You Know You Know

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I shared the above picture with that caption on social media yesterday and had a lot of people who obviously knew. If you know you know. Anyone who has experienced Buc-ees would recognize the iconic beaver and the atmosphere of anticipation that surrounds this establishment. Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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