A castle room renovation included an up-cycled door insert as a mercury glass mirror.
Don’t buy that stuff ! You can make you own at home and it’s super easy.
When your cousin marries a fabulous guy, you make her anything she needs for the Big Day! That includes 100 jars of tasty, low sugar blueberry jam with berries straight from the farm.
Get out there, it’s lovely out. (well, it was today)
Check the Local Haunts for some places to visit. Why did the chicken cross the road? Beacuse it’s a railroad CROSSING! And besides, it’s Ybor City…urban poultry.
I spend an inordinate amount of time in my favorite space, creating and changing recipes to fit a more healthy – and completely doable – lifestyle.
“to dance artlessly, without particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment” – That pretty much sums up what goes on in my head most of the time. Here’s a collection of miscellaneous fun favorites.
Get out there! Check out my adventures near and far.
This week, to salute Mothers Day I’m trying to post lovely things that bring me joy – and don’t take a lot of work. Meaning, I won’t be posting any bathroom remodeling shots that’ll just make your To-Do-List longer. That’s later. This week, my Oak Leaf Hydrangea bloomed. I believe it’s the ‘Snow Queen’ variety. […] Read more…
Wikipedia says: Blueberries are “perennial flowering plants with indigo-colored berries from the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium (a genus that also includes cranberries and bilberries).” OK, that’s nice, but what ARE they? Well, until I started picking them, I never really thought about it much. It’s a berry from a bush, from somewhere. Some people figure they just came from the grocery store. After the big […] Read more…
Mothers Day is coming, so this week I think I’ll post about flowers and gardening a bit. This is a ‘throw-back’ from last year, but still very relevant. I like to consider myself the Mistress of Mediocrity. I do many, many things pretty well – I don’t do anything particularly well enough to be considered […] Read more…
Several days ago I put up a post for Beef Shank Ragu. I had modified the recipe slightly to make it more like the ‘Ox Tail Ragu’ I had eaten at the Bar Corvo restaurant in Brooklyn. (oh, look I found a photo) I had served mine over polenta, which was easy for me…like Italian […] Read more…
Yes, this actually was in a cookie I opened,…and ate of course. Read more…
This past weekend I threw a Baby Shower for my Niece and things have been a little tight, budget-wise, around here lately…like for the past 4 years! Never fear, I’ve thrown tons of parties in the past and as a pack-rat, I keep everything! Last year I threw a Bridal Shower for my cousin. That […] Read more…
Last month I took my son on a fabulous trip to NYC, via Brooklyn thanks to some of my favorite relatives. Can I have so many ‘favorites’ ?? Why yes – I can ! While on our trip we decided to spend at least one whole day doing the Brooklyn scene. Wow – what […] Read more…
Alright Mermaid Weekend is over – that ‘diet starts Monday’ attitude has got to go. Besides, that was like 2 Mondays ago! It’s time to get healthy. Can I crave chocolate and still get healthy? It seems I’m not the only person with this question. I got an email from my favorite online health food […] Read more…
When life gives you strawberries,… You can’t make ‘lemonade’, and you can’t just let them rot! Last week I posted to my Facebook a photo of a wedding cake that I’d helped my Mom deliver one gorgeous Saturday afternoon. It was a really simple cake. Very rustic buttercream icing slathered over moist white cake, but […] Read more…
OK, a while ago I gave my Mom a ‘hair color kit’ and even wrote out some instructions…since I have a Blog, I understand that I should have ‘videos’. A hair color tutorial is the perfect victim! Not to mention, my hair is a MESS ! A Hot Mess – and not in a […] Read more…