Next Monday is Labor day. I’m planning on spending it with family on Chincoteague Island, VA. Sadly, Jordan has started back to school and can’t get away from work- so he won’t be there- but Willow and Luke and Aidan and Frank and Cynthia and I- a week of sun and beach and family. [...]
Yesterday, my sister and I were shopping at a bulk food store. I needed some yeast and some spelt flour ( and some sliced almonds and surprisingly, some chocolate covered pretzels- turns out I needed all of these items!) After we got to the store a truck pulled up next to us LOADED down with [...]
I am not a real fair kind of person. I’m not saying I’m not fair-:) – I just don’t like going to fairs. They are hot. They are noisy. There are too many people and the food is NOT good for me. But- I am now a grandma- and I do all sorts of things [...]
This is Not a reference to The Outsiders. No. I thought you might like to see how very much Aidan loved his pony bread. Please disregard all the mess in the background and focus your attention on the small boy and his pony/bread. Because as you can see- he really loved this bread. He [...]
I was tagged by Cityhippyfarmgirl to share 7 more things about myself. I am happy she wants to know 7 things more- I’m just a little stymied about what to add- I seem to do pretty full disclosure fairly often. However, I was planning on posting about baking today and nothing is ready to photograph [...]
I meant to put up one (1) picture and the picture wizard went crazy and put them all up! TA DA!!! This is what I did this afternoon- the mugs down at the house in Chincoteague (The Sailors Rest) are HUGE! Even bigger than the mug I have in the picture immediately above with [...]
My mind seems to dwell on these two basic B’s in my life. What shall I read? What shall I make/eat? Last week, I realized my mind is all ajumble with titles of books read: my niece asked me if I had read “The Poisonwood Bible” and I said no. Then as she started to [...]
Black raspberries! Rows and rows of them! Aren’t they beautiful? I was going to make something with them, but by the time I got home this evening, Frank had eaten half of the quart. I still have a couple cups of fresh red currants. All of the bushes and canes were surrounded in poison ivy. [...]
Echinacea at Stan Hywet It has arrived. It has been hot. The flowers and veggies (and weeds) and grass are all growing. But I haven’t really acknowledged it until Saturday. Summer! SUMMER! SUMMER!!! I’ve been somewhere else in my mind… and I’m just now getting into the framework of summertime. Iced tea on the [...]
Sourdough starter= demanding! Look how bad I’ve been. Actually just busy and now down with a nasty head cold that generated a cough that shakes and rattles my head and hurts my chest. But I HAVE neglected my starter something terrible. So today I determined to use it and feed it and stick it back [...]
