Good Morning, Sunshine! During these dark winter months, it is all the more important that we make our own sunshine. Once when my daughter was an infant, we were in a Michael’s Craft Store. I was in an aisle with another mother and daughter, though this other daughter seemed to be in her 20’s. I…
Hello there beautiful friends! I am just returned from a quick trip to Philadelphia to deliver some moral support as well as our dog, Flora, to our daughter up there. Medical School is hard enough, but when paired with the loneliness that comes from Covid isolation in a new city, the ‘hard’ is multiplied. Having…
Good Morning, my friends! My soul and my outlook are a tad rejuvenated this morning! When we took our son to school last month, his car was in ‘the shop’. We thought it would be done by the time he had to go, but you know the old adage, ‘The best laid plans of mice…
This Apple Spice Bread is an easy-to-make quick bread that can be put together in less than half an hour! It’s a delightful cross between moist apple bread and decadent spice cake! So, let’s talk about why this Apple Spice Bread is my new favorite quick bread: I just wanted to let you know that…
This post shows How to Make and Can Chicken Broth or stock. I first share my recipe for Chicken Broth/Stock and then show how to pressure can for long-term pantry storage. This procedure applies to any meat or bone broth. I use a Presto Pressure Canner to pressure can all my stocks, broths, and soups….
This healthy Fig and Butternut Squash Salad celebrates the best flavors of the season with arugula, butternut squash, and dried figs. A maple and curry dressing finishes this delightful salad. I am thrilled to partner with Orchard Choice California Dried Figs and Sun-Maid California Dried Figs for this healthy and delicious Fig and Butternut Squash…
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. That quote attributed to Robert Burns fully summed up my day yesterday. You know those days when you wake up with a plan and it just seems that the universe didn’t quite get the message that you had plans made? I had spent time on…
Instructions and a video showing how to make a Fall Wreath using mostly ‘edible’ ornaments’ In my ongoing efforts to channel ‘all things fall’, I’ve filled my pots outside with mums and pansies, lined my front porch stairs with pumpkins of all sorts and filled bowls with pinecones. I’ve set my table with my pumpkin…
Good Morning Lovelies! Boy, did I need that relaxing weekend of knitting and football watching, with a wee bit of yard work thrown to assuage our conscience. When we last ‘chatted’ last Monday, I was on my way to my SIL’s home to help her declutter. Wow…both she and I were thrilled with the progress…
Happy Day my friends! If you are reading this Monday morning, I am on my way to my sister-in-law’s house to spend a few days doing a bit of decluttering. Honestly, I know I have areas in my own home that could use a little declutter action, but it’s going to be so much more…
Ideas for an easy Autumn Table Setting So, I remember when I was younger, my mom and her friends would have ‘coffees’ at each other’s homes from time to time. Simple treats and coffee or tea were all that was needed to encourage fellowship among this group of young moms. I love that idea and…
Happy Monday! For what it’s worth, here in the Northern Hemisphere next Monday, September 23, will be the first day of Fall! For our friends down south, Happy Spring! Without a doubt, our days are becoming shorter. Over the summer I often enjoyed my breakfast on our screen porch while watching the sun rise. I…
An easy recipe for Cinnamon Apple Swirl Bread that will have your kitchen smelling like the best of Fall! Mini-loaves of this apple cinnamon bread are perfect for gift-giving I am channeling ‘all things fall’ right now. I mean, college football is on, so it must be fall, right? If I am truthful, his time…
Welcome fall with this recipe for these tasty Apple Crumble Bars! With an oatmeal and walnut shortbread crust and heavenly spiced apple pie filling, this apple bars recipe will be perfect for an after-school snack or as the finish for a lovely fall dinner. Raise your hand if the thought of the soul-warming taste of…
This Mulling Spices Recipe is filled with warming and aromatic spices. Homemade Mulling Spices makes an easy and welcome gift, especially when paired with the included label and a mulling ball. This is the time of the year when it’s best to have a stash of gifts on hand when you need something for your…
Good In-Three-Short-Weeks-It-Will-Be-Christmas-Eve Monday Morning! I know, that might be too much to handle on a Monday morning, but…there it is! Well, the house is all decorated for Christmas…just in time for the painters, carpenters and drywall guys to come this morning to repair the damage from the Hurricane back in September. I should’ve known that…
