I hope everyone who celebrates it had a great Thanksgiving! Our little family gathered and spent all day together, cooking and laughing and giving thanks for the bounty we shared. I did most of the cooking while the hubs kept busy doing DIY. Rather than a traditional turkey this year I roasted up three fat …
I am in the process of dusting and rearranging my kitchen antiques and among them are these vintage milk bottles we've collected along the way. I love how they invoke that feeling of yesteryear when the milkman would drop by to bring fresh milk and pick up the empties. That was back when the neighbors …
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Most people who visit our "backyard" come during spring or summer and don't get to see the grandeur of the Tetons in winter. To me, it's the best time of year to witness these majestic mountains in person. I love finding splashes of color against the snowy white background. Whether it's bright red berries... Or …
As you may or may not know, I do a lot of cooking from scratch. Not so much because I love to cook but out of necessity due to my wonky immune system. While I am doing much better these days and having less food reactions thanks to the miracles of modern mast cell stabilizing …
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I happened to look out the window last night just in time to see them silhouetted against the sunset way off in the distance and I knew right away from their outline that these weren't cranes or herons or ducks or geese. My beautiful trumpeter swans seem to have followed me back home. 🙂 Flock …
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