May Days

Ah, the first days of May!  Soft, warm air, soft sunshine, Convallaria nodding above their spear-like leaves….ah, what a fantasy.  Reality: 40mph winds and cold, driving rain.  40F (if we’re lucky).   Record flooding.  Smart convallaria, still hiding a bit… Continue Reading

I got nothin’ – but a giveaway – and a winner

It was that kind of week, like being pecked to death by ducks.  So I got nothin’ – except a list of minor, whiny complaints about logistics (why is it always LOGISTICS!? ) and the fact that, if UPS or… Continue Reading

Kondo-ing my garden

Reading March’s post about Marie Kondo and what to keep/what to cull brought to mind my garden, and the changes I hope to make to it in the coming months.   I have not read any of Marie Kondo’s work… Continue Reading

New Year Struggle & giveaway

Happy 2018  !!!!!!   Here’s wishing ALL the best to all of us under Grace, in Perfect Ways.  I was going to go through all the usual resolutions for the New Year, then I realized that I had only one… Continue Reading

Bat. A Little Giveaway (butyagottareadthe post)

So.  Well…you know the best part about the Internet?  There is, in general, NOTHING that happens that hasn’t already happened to somebody else, somewhere on this planet – and that somebody(s) has seen fit to Share.  I am thrilled about… Continue Reading

Aromatherapy Associates EdP – Spa in a Spray Draw

Last year March, Patty and I spent a week in Santa Fe.  In July.  It was beautiful – but stunningly hot.  Shocking triple digits.  ‘Dry heat’ is …hot.  My cuticles started just peeling off, it was that hot.  And I… Continue Reading

Atelier des Ors Sample Set GIVEAWAY

Aube Rubis Atelier des Ors 1 fragrantica

Hi there Perfume Posse. My mate Megan from the blog MeganInStMaxime works for Atelier des Ors and at Esxence 2017 she passed me a full set of their current range to giveaway here on Perfume Posse. I thought that the brand… Continue Reading