Sunday Photos: Mother’s Day and Yellow

Yellow can help sharpen your memory, bring clarity and awareness as well as help clear your mind to help you be alert and active. Yellow is also the color associated with happiness and joy.  As we celebrate Mother’s Day here in the United States, yellow seems to be the perfect color to celebrate with. *** [...]

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Handmade Gift Giving

Gifts do not need to cost a lot. They don’t need to be mass produced from some foreign land. Most often the very best gifts are those made with love and full of sweet memories! This has more meaning than any fancy piece of artwork I could purchase. It was made for people I love… [...]

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Sunday Photos….Dog Days of Summer

“Every dog must have his day.” – Jonathan Swift, Satirist and Author Jennifer here! As an outdoorsy type of gal I try to enjoy all types of weather, but as a gardener these extreme days make me frustrated. It’s so hot and humid and there’s not enough rain to keep my tomatoes alive without supplemental [...]

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Sunday Photos…Summer Blooms

Most of us are in the full swing of summer. That means the weather’s hot and the gardens are growing like crazy. Blooms are everywhere and the birds and bees are busy as can be. Here are a few of the things that are blooming in our gardens. *** Here at Chiot’s Run I love [...]

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Sunday Photos….All Things Purple

***** Purple is a definite sign of life here in Tennessee. It’s also a sign of good eats! ***** I’m not a fan of the red, yellow and orange flowers. I find something very cool & soothing about purple flowers though. My gardens are predominately filled with purple, pink or white flowering plants. Like many [...]

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Sunday Photos….All Things Yellow

“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” Vincent van Gogh ***** Here at Chiot’s Run, I love grouping images together by color. Over on my Flickr Photostream I have a few sets that are organized by color. For today’s YELLOW theme I made a snapshot of my yellow collection on Flickr. Yellow is [...]

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Sunday Photos….Mother’s Day

Hey, Kim here!  My kids always ask me what I want for Mother’s Day. Each year we have the same conversation. “I just want to hang out with you guys.” “But that is what you do every day.” “I know…that is what I like to do.” “Do you want  a present?” “No” “Do you want [...]

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Sunday Photos…From Seed

Many gardeners love to grow their plants from seed to fruit or flower and we’re no different here at Not Dabbling. Since this is prime seed starting season, today we’ll be sharing photos of our seed starting efforts. ***** Here at Chiot’s Run we are located in a zone 5, so I must start seeds [...]

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Sunday Photos…Spring Delights

Spring is such an exciting time of year, especially for those of us in cold climates. It’s like the world is awakening from a long nap. We start to have color outdoors and it’s truly invigorating. For those of us that garden it’s a busy time of seeding, weeding, planting and planning our summer gardens. [...]

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Sunday Photos…On the Sweeter Side

Sweets are definitely something that we all seem to love! Here’s a collection of photos from some of the writers of various homemade sweets. ***** Kim here…Oh how I do love sweets.  My challenge is to make them whole grain and vegan…which sometimes is a stretch of even a good recipe.  Here are some of [...]

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