The Art Of The Crone

04/26/2026

Spring greens with a few root veg and a poached egg for brunch.

No Lipitor for me! No thanks Doc! Thanks for the prescription, but let's try handling it my way first, shall we?

Spring kale and baby collard greens, spinach and romaine. Little homemade balsamic vinaigrette with a lot of herb seasoning and you've got yourself a bistro style happy liver brunch. 

💗🥬🥕🍓🥦👩‍🌾

04/24/2026

Came outside to get some spinach for my omelette this morning and there was the tiniest little frog on the spinach leaves.

By the time I went back in to get my camera, he left, but he was so adorable. He's about the size of a nickel. He almost made it into my omelette by accident.
🐸🍃. This is why you should always wash your greens.

04/23/2026

Things I no longer do as a verified Crone...

I no longer track my steps. I know if I've done enough exercise or not.

 I no longer fight signs of aging. I'm getting older. That's a privilege some people are not afforded.

And whenever possible, I do not do things I do not want to do just because other people want me to do them or it is socially mandated. 

Things I DO as a verified Crone...

I turn off my phone whenever possible. I need to stay in communication, but I do not need to stay tethered to an electronic device.

I sit outside in the sun and watch birds. I get at least 15 minutes of sunshine every day and find peace and simply sitting and watching birds and butterflies.

And I stay home as much as possible. Because being out in the hustle and bustle of public is not where I want to be.

It's OK to do things the way you want to do them, because if you don't, you're gonna run out of energy real fast!





04/22/2026

The butterflies have indeed found the bird and butterfly sanctuary garden. 🦋

04/21/2026

04/21/2026

Well, the garden is gardeny for sure.

It's early, let's hope everything comes up and produces vegetables!

04/19/2026

Time to get the dehydrator out to dehydrate these kale and collards plus make some fresh spinach ravioli!

Sorry, not sorry. I am not paying $30-$45 for a container of powdered greens when I can make them myself.

Even though it's early, the garden is still giving. 🥬🍅🌽🥕

04/19/2026

It's a little chilly today and the breeze is blowing so the windows are open and the house is cool.

It's a good day to go ahead and turn on the stove to make some strawberry syrup from the top of my strawberries.

It's a good idea at this point to start learning how to not let things go to waste...just a little psychic insight. If you know, you know. 😉😉

Plus, strawberry syrup makes an excellent holiday gift. 🎁🍓🎄🕎

At this rate, I will have half my holiday gifts done by June. 

04/17/2026

Every single word of this video is 100% true. I can vouch for this personally as someone who has owned four Scottish terriers!

The only thing he failed to mention is that most of them don't like to be groomed. And you can forget about grooming their ears or their feet or clipping their toenails!

04/17/2026

What do 37 pounds of fresh strawberries look like? Glad you asked. 🍓

Picked enough berries today to make Christmas jam For gifting as well as frozen berries for smoothies over the summer and ice cream/sorbet for hubby.

Couldn't have done it without my helper picker.

Now it's time to go rest because I have heartburn from bending over.