Category Archives: Here at home

A Cautionary Tale during Breast Cancer Awareness month

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER on June 18th of this year after a small mass showed up on a routine mammogram Continue reading →

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What’s up, y’all?

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Lots going on around my desk. After a few minor hiccups during the uploading process, His Small Town Princess flew the nest in mid-September. I was so busy, I forgot to mention that here. (mea culpa!)  Reviews are starting to … Continue reading →

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Gardening in fiction and real life

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

This time of year in the southern U.S., weather is a mixed bag. We could get cool and rainy, warm with tornado and severe thunderstorms, or we could skip springlike temps and go straight to summer hot. This year we’ve … Continue reading →

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1st harvest of 2015

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Hubby and I are gardening again this year. Our first harvest this year was green beans. Lots of green beans. ( Those are 12″ tiles for basket size reference.) I processed them Monday for over four hours, but will they … Continue reading →

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New Book! Nobody’s Baby by Carol Burnside (+ #prizes)

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Available for purchase today! Nobody’s Baby  (a contemporary romance novel) She was the incubator, nothing more until the parents died tragically Now she’s having Nobody’s Baby. For Kate Morissey, becoming a surrogate seems like a great way to refill her … Continue reading →

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Here and there 11-6-14

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

I’m blogging on PFHT today about my daughter’s wedding reception last Saturday in Denver, romance in general and writing. Pretty pictures and more are being shared! Between edits on Nobody’s Baby, I’ll pop in and reply to comments. Coming soon… … Continue reading →

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Hops, Guest blogs, #prizes and a review!

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Today I’m the in-house Guest Chef on PetitFoursAndHotTamales with a snippet from a brand new 4-star review for A SUITABLE WIFE by Angie Just Read… (reviewer) @ TRR And tomorrow starts the Summer Reads Blog Hop that runs July 17th … Continue reading →

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What a difference two weeks makes!

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

May 19th and June 2nd pictures of my tomatoes show how recent rains and applying fertilizer at transplant has affected my container tomatoes. I’m amazed at the difference and more than a little amazed at the amount of watering these … Continue reading →

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Rain makes the garden happy

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

Things around here are having a growth spurt due to all the rain we’ve been getting. Hardly a day goes by that we don’t get at least one cloudburst. The dogs don’t like it much because it means less time … Continue reading →

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Oh, Pheobe! Srsly???

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Carol Burnside / Annie Rayburn

I’ve written in past years about the Phoebe pair who nest under the eave of my back porch. Well, they’re back again this year and have already had one nest of fluffy little babies. As you can see from a … Continue reading →

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