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Friday Favorites No. 478

April 29, 2022 By Elizabeth 10 Comments

Welcome to Friday Favorites, a weekly series where I share interesting articles, books, fashion finds, recipes and more!

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Good morning friends, it’s Friday and that means it is time for Friday Favorites. I have been traveling all week and I am ready to unpack, and settle in at home. I also want to check on my flowers. A few weeks ago I planted my peony roots, and a bunch of seeds and they were just popping out of the ground when I left. Hopefully nothing(deer) ate them.

I have so many great things to share with you this week, including a few sweet treats, interesting articles, books and some finds that you might like for your mom or yourself.  Get yourself a coffee, tea or chocolate and settle in for a nice long Friday favorites post.

“If the only thing you plan on doing this weekend is breathing, then that’s fine as well.” – Anonymous

Friday Favorites from Country Cleaver, Blue Bowl, Salt & Lavender and More

Favorite Food

Friday Favorites lemon butter pasta

Image Don’t Go Bacon My Heart

I could eat pizza or pasta for every meal, anyone else?  Lemon Pasta is one of the new additions to my repertoire, it has 5 ingredients and is an easy and delicious meal.  You might also enjoy Creamy Lemon Pasta.

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Friday Favorites Bourbon Bacon Pecan Sticky Buns

Bourbon Pecan Sticky Buns, a wonderful treat to make this weekend or for your mom for Mother’s Day.

Friday Favorites Classic Strawberry Shortcake

It’s strawberry season, why not make Classic Strawberry Shortcake.

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Or Pound Cake with Fresh Berries.

 

Friday Favorites mixed Berry Mojitos

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On Friday night we have a cocktail on the porch and decompress from the week. Tonight I will be making Mixed Berry Mojitos.

“Freedom begins where work ends. This is exactly what weekends are for.” – Anonymous

Interting Articles

Plant Your Cocktail Garden Now

Rethinking Topiary: A Garden Tradition, Loosened Up

My Father Always Told Me Oatmeal Saved His Family. Now I Finally Understand How

When Buying in Bulk is Actually a Waste of Money

At war with the whole world’: why Putin might be planning a long conflict in Ukraine.

This Is the Mister Rogers Documentary You’re Looking For Catch this documentary ASAP before it leaves streaming.

The New York Times Book Review’ at a Crossroads

Making Concessions: A Tale of Capitalism, Control, and Snacks

31 New Page-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2022 Reading List

The Rise and Fall of World’s Fairs

“It’s finally weekend! Time to have unlimited amounts of fun.” – Anonymous

Friday Favorite Books

Friday Favorites The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the reader’s belief in the power of love to move mountains.

The Second Mrs. Astor bookcover

The Second Mrs. Astor

Madeleine Talmage Force is just seventeen when she attracts the attention of John Jacob “Jack” Astor. Madeleine is beautiful, intelligent, and solidly upper-class, but the Astors are in a league apart. Jack’s mother was the Mrs. Astor, American royalty and New York’s most formidable socialite. Jack is dashing and industrious—a hero of the Spanish-American war, an inventor, and a canny businessman. Despite their twenty-nine-year age difference, and the scandal of Jack’s recent divorce, Madeleine falls headlong into love—and becomes the press’s favorite target.

On their extended honeymoon in Egypt, the newlyweds finally find a measure of peace from photographers and journalists. Madeleine feels truly alive for the first time—and is happily pregnant. The couple plans to return home in the spring of 1912, aboard an opulent new ocean liner. When the ship hits an iceberg close to midnight on April 14th, there is no immediate panic. The swift, state-of-the-art RMS Titanic seems unsinkable. As Jack helps Madeleine into a lifeboat, he assures her that he’ll see her soon in New York…

Four months later, at the Astors’ Fifth Avenue mansion, a widowed Madeleine gives birth to their son. In the wake of the disaster, the press has elevated her to the status of virtuous, tragic heroine. But Madeleine’s most important decision still lies ahead: whether to accept the role assigned to her, or carve out her own remarkable path…

The Last Goddess

The Last Goddess(Free with Amazon Prime)

Last in a centuries-old lineage of healing women, Dora Idesová was raised by her aunt Surmena in the White Carpathians. Resistant to superstition, Dora grew up hearing stories of the “goddesses” who were said to conjure love and curses and, through divine connection, cure the spirit and the body. Now an academic, Dora is researching the tales that for generations spellbound the hillside where she grew up. As the mysteries become truths, they reveal a stunning discovery that reaches back from the witch trials of the seventeenth century through Nazi-occupied Germany. Embarking on an emotional journey, Dora is about to find out how deeply and fatefully she is entwined with secret tradition.

Beautifully weaving together fact, folklore, and fiction, Kateřina Tučková draws on the stories of her ancestors to explore the extraordinary history of goddesses who walked the earth.

Just a Reminder

You can find all of the books that I have recommended on the blog and on my Friday Favorites post on my Pinterest board My Bookshop.

“Play, fun, and freedom from the weekends are best parted and imaginatively assimilated into busy weekdays.” – Anonymous

Favorite Finds

friday favorites finds blue and white platters

Chambray Serving Platters make a great gift for mom or for yourself. They will look beautiful at your summer parties.

Sea glass beaded garland

Sea glass beaded garland.

lobster sweater

I love this fun summer sweater, and the seersucker pants too!

Just in case you missed it

Wednesday wellness planting a garden

This week I shared THE SEASON OF NEW BEGINNINGS: 7 WAYS TO CELEBRATE SPRING.

UNTIL TOMORROW

That is it for this week my friends, I hope that you enjoyed my Friday Favorites post. If you make one of the recipes or read one of the books please let me know how you liked them. While you are doing that please share a book that you recently enjoyed or a recipe that you made.

Thank you for spending part of your day with me and don’t forget that tomorrow I am joining my friends Kim and Juliet for weekend meanderings.

This post contains affiliate links, if you click on a link I will earn a small commission.



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  1. Cindy says

    April 29, 2022 at 10:04 am

    I could eat pasta every day. This Italian girl loves it but as you get older the hips not so much. Isn’t lemon spaghettis awesome?

    Reply
  2. Kim says

    April 29, 2022 at 11:00 am

    So many good things, today! The pasta and sticky buns look amazing! Happy weekend!!

    Reply
  3. LA CONTESSA says

    April 29, 2022 at 11:52 am

    DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU BREATH IN YOUR STOMACH SHOULD GO OUT?
    WHEN YOU RELEASE STOMACH SHOULD GO TOWARDS THE SPINE!
    THERE IS YOUR FACT OF THE DAY!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      April 29, 2022 at 7:23 pm

      Elizabeth, you are a font of knowledge. I did not know that! Have a wonderful weekend.

      Reply
  4. Jeanne Henriques says

    April 29, 2022 at 12:43 pm

    Wonderful shares EIizabeth, I always enjoy your Friday favorites! Best wishes for a lovely weekend. xx

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      April 29, 2022 at 7:25 pm

      Jeanne, I hope that you had a wonderful holiday. I so enjoyed your adventures and stunning photos. Thank you for coming to visit! Have a wonderful weekend.xx

      Reply
  5. Maywyn says

    April 29, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    Have a funtastic week-end!
    Many lovely links.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      April 29, 2022 at 7:24 pm

      Thank you May. Have a wonderful weekend.

      Reply
  6. Melba / Cocoon Raw says

    May 1, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    So many good ones! Every time a see anything with berries, it makes me smile! I want some of the buns, but just started a diet. LOL! thank you for sharing such great favorites!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      May 1, 2022 at 8:43 pm

      Thank you Melba! Save the recipe just in case you want to make them later. Have a wonderful week!

      Reply

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