Last year, I came across a blog with a Christmas tree garland made from waxed paper punched into circles. Click the link to see the garland she made. She glued her paper pieces to the string. Sounds like a long and frustrating job to me. I sewed mine together. Worked great. She put hers on […]
People keep asking if I’m decorating for Christmas yet. I have to admit, I am already thinking about all aspects of Christmas…the decorating, the entertaining, the baking, and all the other fun things we do this time of year. It’s a big event at our house. Last year, I made a real effort to cut […]
With all the pears we’ve been gifted with, I decided to make some pear butter. It took six quarts of pear sauce to make 12 cups of pear butter. I apologize for the quality of the pictures. I took them with my iPhone. It doesn’t do the greatest job. But it does take a pic […]
After a long two months of drought, we have been getting rain off and on. And we are so grateful for it. Some of the garden plants are looking better, though many have leaves that are half crisped to brown. These dogwood trees look so sad. I don’t know what this bodes for next spring. […]
For breakfast on the first day of school, I used this recipe for Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread to make muffins. Spicy, moist and delicious. Thumbs up from everyone! Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins Makes 20 regular sized muffins. Mix together: 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon […]