Cherry picking came a bit earlier this year. Last week I harvested almost a pound – enough for a cobbler – from our little tree we planted back in 2007. It made this yummy cherry cobbler. Friday we went to Farview Orchards which is 45 minutes from here. This is the only orchard in the…
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Biscotti and more
I love making biscotti during the holiday season. This year I made three different kinds, all from the same recipe. For my recipe see this post. What’s great about this recipe is that it is so flexible. I used white whole wheat flour and they still were great. For the chocolate ones, I substituted 1/3…
Read MoreSunday inside stroll
Seems like a long time since I’ve stopped by here to add a post. This month has really flown by and even though I’ve not posted, I’ve been busy. Here’s a little what I’ve been doing. Lots of ice dyeing going on in my warm dye studio. This is one of the scarves from one…
Read MoreRecipe: Cherry Chicken
I’ve been having so much fun cooking again. Dave has been doing almost all of the cooking after we got married in 2007. At the end of last year we decided to share the cooking by alternating every two weeks. At the end of my two weeks I made this new dish. Our friends Barbara…
Read More2012: My Favorite Posts
I debated whether to do what my hubby did and list the top favorite posts from Pinterest or from my blog traffic. I decided to combine the two, and throw in a couple of posts that might not have gotten a lot of hits, but are some of my favorites. They are not in any…
Read MoreRecipe: Lavender Shortbread Cookies
If you have wondered what in the world I am going to do with all of the lavender I’ve harvested this summer, here is one of the treats I made with my Melissa Lavender. This was my Melissa harvest this summer. So let’s get started. In a grinder, grind up the lavender with 1…
Read More2012 iris count
It’s been so much fun again seeing our irises bloom. Every day I check to see if a new one has opened. This one bloomed 4/30/10 and this year it bloomed April 16. Even though this one is a lovely iris, when they first started blooming here when we moved in, there were so many…
Read MoreCherry Upside Down Cake
Dave and I don’t do much for Valentine’s Day. We usually give each other a card, homemade preferred, and maybe a couple pieces of candy. I wanted to make him something special for dessert and surprise him when he returned home from his volunteer gig. What could be more special than using some of our…
Read MorePizzelle – Oh my!
My love affair with this cookie started a year or so ago when I bought this tin. I never really thought about making them. We liked them so much that we hopped online and bought several tins. And we ate them all up. Of course, I saved the tins. Then somewhere on the web I…
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