Sixty Seconds with Judi The other day a friend was complaining to me that it’s August and summer is over. Someone else chimed “Oh yes, back to school now”! Now wait just a minute here, Summer is not over! We still have 4 weeks of lazy days at the pool, backyard barbeques, spending Saturday nights in

Sixty Seconds with Judi Now, I don’t know about you, but buying my Dad a Father’s Day gift is always so much more difficult than choosing something for my mom. My dad is a practical man. One year I bought him a very expensive sweater which he wore to paint the house.  At that moment

Sixty Seconds with Judi I love spending my days at Linvilla Orchards.  Sometimes I am so amazed by my experiences here that it renders me speechless; if you know me you will understand what a huge thing that is. Recently I had the pleasure of witnessing one of those events. I am going to share

Sixty Seconds with Judi This weekend is the unofficial start of summer and after the long cold and wet spring we’ve had, it feels so deserving to know that we are rewarded with summer days. Our moods will automatically change as we turn our faces toward the sun like the flowers in a field. Suddenly,

Sixty Seconds with Judi As I watch the lilacs bloom in my front yard, I am reminded of my mother. Lilacs were her favorite flower and with Mother’s Day coming up she is on my mind even more than usual. I am very fortunate to have always been surrounded by strong, hard-working women who loved

Sixty Seconds with Judi Things are “Hopping” on the farm I love the Easter season! It really brings back so many happy memories of when I was a little girl, each year getting a new hat with little white gloves to match my twirly Easter dress. Do little girls still do this?  When my boys