
Welcome to my journals!
So good to see you here. I am “Most Beloved,” she who lives in the big house at Gardens at Effingham.
I write a great many of the stories here, recording my observations, snapping photos, and keeping a daily journal about the gardens.
My journals are my sketchbook where I keep detailed notes about the cats and the many activities and adventures in the gardens.
Cali’s Newborn Kittens Video











From the Journals of Most Beloved
- A Mother’s Day to Remember: Cali Cat Has Kittens
- Cat Naps and Winter Dreams: Is it Spring Yet?
- “Okay, Who Gave the Cat a Pen?”
- When Peaches Meow: Musings from Most Beloved
- Three Ways to Know When Summer Ends and Fall Begins (According to the Cat)
- Hungry Hawks and Plump Kittens
- A Cat Sleeps in Our Gardens


What greater gift than the love of a cat.
Charles Dickens
Blog Archives
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- November 2021
- April 2021
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- February 2021
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- September 2020
- August 2020
- January 2020
- November 2019
- February 2019


Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.
James Herriot
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Finding Spring in the Snow: Happiness is the Color of Daffodils
Daffodils in Early Spring With their creamy yellow centers surrounded by snow-white petals, Daffodils bring smiles of joy and unbridled happiness in anticipation of spring. Saturday and I’m dilly-dallying the day away. Frivolously, I might add, and contentedly I must add, for I am alone with she who loves and adores me. Just the two […]
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A Photo Gallery of Midwest Gardens in Bloom
Celebrate the Seasons through Flowers At Gardens at Effingham, we celebrate spring, summer, winter, and fall through the joy of our perennial gardens. Enjoy the gardens in full bloom through this photo gallery of the seasons. Spring Beauty Spring and summer bring a spectacular display of early, mid, and late blooming flowers, shrubs, and trees: […]
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