Silent Sunday 3-20-2016
Have a great day!

Have a great day!

Good morning! Happy Friday and happy day after St.Patricks day! Did you enjoy any celebrations, parades, tasty food and perhaps some beer? We did not imbibe in any beer but we did have Ruben sandwiches, in which the corned beef was cooked in Guinness stout and, I did enjoy a Guinness Stout brownie or two afterward. They…

Image from the Graphics Fairy May your troubles be less and your blessings be more and nothing but happiness come through your door. Happy St.Patrick’s Day! I hope that you have a great one. I will be eating a little corned beef, skipping the beer and eating one or both of these scrumptious stout desserts….

Recently, I wrote recently about my in-laws and their accumulated treasures. What I did not discuss is my family’s recent health situation. My in-laws are wonderful people, stubborn as old goats , but wonderful never the less and aging fast. They are each others second spouses, as as their previous ones passed away. Each have…

Have a great day!

Good morning! I hope you had a great week! The weather here has been fabulous, yesterday it was 80 and sunny. I took every opportunity to walk or sit out in the sun and it was heavenly. I found some great things this week that you might like, art, food, style and more. Colcannon from…

Good morning! Although I primarily post about recipes, books and travel I occasionally write a post about things that I’m thinking about or that bother me. For instance last week I posted about The Lost Art of the Thank You Note; aapparently I am not alone in my thinking about the loss of common courtesies….


Good morning! Can you believe it is already March! Soon it will St.Patrick’s day, then Easter and Spring! I cannot believe how fast 2016 seems to be going. I have said it before but I feel as if the older I get the faster life seems to pass. All the more reason to enjoy each…

Good morning! I am curious do you send thank you notes? Not by text, email or on Facebook, I mean the ones that are hand written and addressed with a stamp and then sent through good old snail mail? Thank You Note from Happy Life Printables Etsy My parents taught us at a young age…


Good morning! Did you have a good week? Are you ready for the weekend? I am over winter, and dreaming of spring, odd really because I typically like winter. But this winter is so strange; some days we have blistering cold, some days rain and high humidity, some days its been up to 70 and this…
