If it’s spring, it must be garden tour season, a must for voyeurs and avid green thumbs alike. Where else can you view tropical poolscapes perched near school athletic fields, shady green havens tucked amid otherwise nondescript housing developments, or the latest exotic plant offerings in otherwise traditional settings.
It’s the juxtapositions and the possibilities that [...]

There is a saying that goes something like this:  “Instead of worrying about the destination, focus on the journey… for it’s the journey that is truly important.”  So in that spirit, I’m going to focus on a fun way to journey across PA, wherever your final destination may be:  traveling via Amtrak.
Spring fever sent my [...]

The Philadelphia Flower Show is a grown-up gardener’s paradise, and it can be a wonderland of discovery and delight for children as well. The larger-than-life displays offer a unique setting in which to engage youngsters in the beauty of the natural world and ignite a lifelong passion for its precious plant life. The theme for [...]

It’s time for the overwhelming visual cacophony that is the Philadelphia Flower Show, with displays that suspend disbelief in a combination Cirque du Soleil-Mummers Parade riot of color and structure.
This grandmommy of all flower shows, now in its 182nd year, offers a globe-trotting theme “Passport to the World.” The show opens Feb. 28 and runs [...]

Each time family or friends come to visit us, we always have the same dilemma: “What do we do with them?” Thankfully, we now have a good answer to that question because we found the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.
Located in Wellsboro, the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania (Pine Creek Gorge)  was formed by the glaciers during the [...]

The fog was thick on the lake when I arrived at Lackawanna State Park.  Standing by my car, it looked as if the shoreline was the edge of the world, and only nothingness lay beyond, where the water should have been.  Aside from a few crows, as far as I could tell, I was the [...]

The Chester County Mommy Bloggers recently visited the Sun & Earth plant in King of Prussia, PA.  Sun & Earth, is a leader in making strong, effective, non-toxic and environmentally safe cleaning products for more than 20 years.
I am slowly but surely taking steps to lead a “greener” lifestyle so I was very excited to [...]

I know walking is good for your health and all, but I’d rather not do it when I go sightseeing (a lot of walking leaves me with sore ankles for days). And being a country girl, it’s too much work to maneuver through city traffic, watch for pedestrians and take in the sights. Therefore, the [...]