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Where did they go?
The lioness is fierce. Like mama bears they fight to the death to protect their cubs. Not only would they die without hesitation, they...

Robin McCarty
Apr 73 min read


Cookie Class Tool List
If you've ever wanted to decorate Sugar Cookies like a pro then you need to join me for a comprehensive Cookie Class! During my class you...

Robin McCarty
Feb 54 min read


Challenging myself in 2025
I'm one of those people. Full disclosure. Every year I contemplate what word best encapsulates my January hopes for the year. I say...

Robin McCarty
Jan 132 min read


Windows
This was the living room in our previous house roughly 14 years ago, I suppose. Although my style has changed since then, I still adore...

Robin McCarty
Nov 20, 20243 min read


Love and Joy Matter
I made these for my daughters to give my grandkids for the Feast if St. Nicholas (St. Nicholas Day). My husband and I drove them over the...

Robin McCarty
Dec 12, 20233 min read


What can I say, I’m a romantic
I'm happy. I have joy that comes from I don't know where but it's the lens through which I see my world. It's light and it's beautiful....

Robin McCarty
Nov 20, 20232 min read


A Mailbox Musing
Someday I will stay ahead of the weeds in the garden. Someday I'll get a new mailbox and change the paint color on the post. Someday I...

Robin McCarty
Nov 6, 20232 min read


Green and Blue
My happy place is green and blue It's new like spring and smells like you. Cool water on my feet It bubbles and moves, its journey never...

Robin McCarty
Jul 24, 20231 min read


Bloom
I didn't plant this flower. God did, He sent it to me😊 it just appeared in the large planter on the deck. Creation is pretty amazing. I...

Robin McCarty
Jun 17, 20232 min read


Cooking Strike ‘23
If you've known me for a minute or two over the last 25 years you've heard me talk about Meal Planning. I promise one day I'll finish the...

Robin McCarty
Apr 18, 20233 min read


Christmas Came
I've been a mom for 32 years. It's a lot of Christmases and if you know me, you understand everything that goes along with it. ...

Robin McCarty
Jan 8, 20234 min read


New Frontier
Stardate: August 11, 2022 Planet: Lana The inhabitants are becoming less civilized than they were when we originally encountered them....

Robin McCarty
Aug 11, 20221 min read


Little Hands
Her little hands can do such big things. Maybe not perfectly but she does her very best. She takes such pride and watches my face for...

Robin McCarty
Aug 9, 20222 min read


Heirloom
Sick Mama and Teddy snuggled under a quilt my sweet, grandma Audrey made. She was Lindsey’s great-grandma, Teddy’s great-great Grandma....

Robin McCarty
Feb 24, 20221 min read


Praying Up
Evening prayers are being offered for the women who are falling into bed, bone weary. I don’t know what hit you today or maybe it’s many...

Robin McCarty
Feb 2, 20221 min read


Thank God It's Monday
Monday is potential. Monday is possibilities. Monday is a fresh start. I love the potential of Mondays. New beginnings, clean slates. Do...

Robin McCarty
Feb 1, 20221 min read


Love in Stitches
Grandma’s Quilt Tops❤️ Love her legacy passed on in stitches and scraps of fabric that embody the beauty of the womanly arts. Not that...

Robin McCarty
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Have Courage
It’s complicated. It’s a mental illness. There is no cure. There is treatment. There is recovery. They are powerless over their addiction...

Robin McCarty
Jan 30, 20223 min read


Regret
You will wonder if you did the right thing. There is no escaping it. You will wonder. You must. Reflecting and thinking are good and...

Robin McCarty
Jan 22, 20222 min read


Make Time for Soap Operas & Bon Bons
I had forgotten. That's hard for me to admit but admit it I must. It's been 20+ years since I was a nursing mother of a newborn baby....

Robin McCarty
Jan 13, 20225 min read
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