Some of the best family memories don’t require expensive tickets, elaborate vacations, or even leaving your own backyard. Sometimes all you need is five grandchildren, a riding mower, a wagon, a few pumpkins, and a Granny with an idea. Welcome to the very first Granny’s Great Pumpkin Sleepover! It All Started with an Idea I…
Seasonal Living
10 Romantic Ways to Make the Most of Summer’s Last Golden Days
“Some of the sweetest love stories aren’t written on exotic vacations. They’re written on front porches, country roads, quiet lakes, and beneath skies painted with the last golden sunsets of summer.” There is something bittersweet about the last weeks of summer. The calendar still says August. The afternoons are warm enough for sandals, iced tea,…
Vintage Backyard Traditions
The Backyard Memory Collection: The Ordinary Things That Made Extraordinary Summers Some of our favorite vacations never required a reservation. They happened just beyond the back door. Welcome to The Backyard Memory Collection, where ordinary objects tell extraordinary family stories. Some were passed down. Some were well worn. All of them remind us that the…
Halloween Movie Night at Home: Popcorn Bar & Ball Jar Treats
Some of our favorite Halloween plans happen right at home. We invite a few friends over, turn down the lights, make popcorn, and settle in for a scary movie together. We tend to reach for the cheesy, campy movies we grew up watching in the ’80s. Halloween is part of that era for us. We…