December 24, 2014 Mini Cheesecakes And Pecan Tassies One of my favorite dessert displays includes mini cheesecakes and pecan tassies. Usually, for Christmas, homemade fudge and vanilla bean…
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Christmas Party Menu
December 20, 2014 Our family has grown and with the kids having extended families or needing to accomodate the boyfriend or girlfriend’s family, we have started a tradition of…
Christmas Decorations
December 12, 2014 Christmas Decorations…2014… These are pictures of our two decorated trees this year. The first has the Christmas Story woven in and out of the branches and the…
Save and Dry Your Pumpkin Stems
November 10, 2014 After Halloween this year, the Jack-O-Lanterns we carved, were put in the compost pile behind our home, but first, Dave cut the stems off the…
Backward Day – Cupcakes for Dinner and Burgers for Dessert
October 26, 2014 Each week on certain days throughout the school year, I pick up my grandkids, Sophie and Aidan after school. On the way to my house,…
Subtle Halloween Decor
October 22, 2014 Every year the Halloween decorations are pulled out in anticipation of Halloween night and all the trick-or-treaters. There are touches of Halloween throughout…
Kid’s Cute Halloween Costume Ideas You’ll Love
October 15, 2014 50’s Poodle Skirt Costume Each year, just about this time, my grandkids and I begin to think of Halloween costume ideas. When Sophie was…
Preserving Basil Leaves The Easy Way
October 13, 2014 Another post on Pinterest today, caught my attention, ‘Preserving Basil Leaves’. I checked out the blog, Redheadcandecorate.com. The process seemed simple enough. Since the basil in…
Beautiful Garden Fountain
September 9, 2014 A beautiful garden fountain. The lilac bush in front of our home was looking pretty scraggly. After deciding to remove the bush, we contemplated what to…
Seashell Frame and Watercolor
July 13, 2014 Although it seems as if I have been doing nothing inside my home and concentrating solely on the garden, there are a few projects, which I…
