Hello and happy hot and steamy Monday! I do not know about you but it has been terrible here in Virginia, between the extrodinary heat during the day and the crazy wind and rain storms at night. Luckily, we have not lost power, although I know many people have, and there have even been some…
Happy day! How was your weekend? It was blistering hot in my neck of the woods, I did manage a few walks but for the most part I stayed inside. Ironically, I still managed some baking…I guess it is never to hot for that. Although I love summer fruits, peaches, plums, cherries, and berries I…
Hello! How was your weekend? Did you spend time with your children, your dad orperhaps your grandfather? I was not able to be with my dad but we had awonderful talk as we always do on Sunday mornings. I felt lucky to be ableto do that as I know for many one or both parents…
Hello! I hope you enjoyed a great weekend. We enjoyed beautiful weather,what about you? Hopefully you were not rained out, flooded or overwhelmed by the crazy hailstorms or the wild fires. I watched one of my favorite movies, The Red Violin, if you have not seen it and you love Joshua Bell than this is a…
While I have been keeping up with the Jubilee I did manage to do a few things in the kitchen. As it has been gloomy and rainy here I made a little Apple-Cranberry Crisp, and it turned out fabulous if I do say so myself, even if it is not much too look at!…
Hello! Did you enjoy your long Memorial Day weekend? What did you do? Watch a parade? Attend a barbecue or two? Salute a veteran? Work in your garden? Visit family? I went to visit family, and I enjoyed every minute. OK, maybe not when we got a speeding ticket for 9 miles over the speed…
Monday already… the weekend needed to be a day or two longer.  Although to be honest, I really did not do too much, I planted some more containers for my deck, cleaned out my fountain and I did manage to bake a few things (suprise).  Aside from that I read and spent time with my husband and…
As I mentioned yesterday a lazy weekend was had by all at my house, but I did manage to get off the couch long enough to make a few things. In addition to the berries I showed you yesterday I made some of this apple salad. Granny Smith apples are my favorite, although I like other…
On Mother’s Day all women deserve a special meal to celebrate them, in addition to their flowers or whatever gift you are giving them, after all we are all mother’s of the world, to kids, pets, friends, etc.  If you cannot be with your mom because she is far away or you are not…
Happy Friday! Happy Weekend!! I thought we could use a little “eye candy” to start the weekend and get ready for the Kentucky Derby on Sunday. A Few Hats Image from Gardens and Guns HERE Image from Gardens and Guns Magazine HERE And of course a day at the Derby or watching it with friends would not be complete without some delicious…
As I said yesterday I did a lot of baking this past weekend, and in addition to the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Banana Bread I posted yesterday on Once Upon a Chocolate, I made Cinnamon roll cake. It was easy and quite tasty. Cinnamon Roll Cake recipe adapted from Six Sisters Stuff Blog Ingredients: 3…
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes, moist fluffy pancakes filled with ooey, gooey, spicy, cinnamon swirl, topped with sweet cream cheese frosting. Last weekend while I was experimenting with a few recipes I cut from magazines or had seen on Pinterest this recipe caught my eye. I love gooey cinnamon rolls and  homemade pancakes so this recipe for…
