Feb 23, 2018

What's Happening?



These little daffodils are the first welcoming sign this time of year.  It lets me know that my favorite time of the year, Spring is on the way.  How exciting it is!  How beautiful they are!

Feb 21, 2018

Billy Graham In Memory Of



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"HE WHO HEARS MY WORD AND BELIEVES IN HIM WHO SENT ME...HAS PASSED FROM DEATH INTO LIFE" (JOHN 5:24 NKJV)

Feb 13, 2018

NO SEW TABLE RUNNER



Sometimes I want a little something different to use for a touch of added color.  There are times when the almost completely neutral color scheme in our home can become, well, boring.  

Feb 7, 2018

Belgium Waffles Southern Style



We like pancakes and waffles but have them very seldom around here.  Chuck likes to cook from mixes, well for most everything.  I guess we could call him a semi-homemade cook.  I like to cook them from scratch. 

Mama and the grandmama's used self rising flour in most all of their baking.  I guess that is why I gravitate to it myself when in a hurry.

You know those Southern cooks had to have their biscuits always!  A joy to them was when the self-rising flour became available for them to use.  It saved them time and they worked so blame hard they needed that time.

My Grandma Cora used to say, "Your granddaddy expects to put his feet under the table three times a day, and he expects a fresh baked biscuit always!"  The woman was a saint!  I laughed when I heard her say that.  It was the harshest thing I ever heard her say about him.

A little Southern Family Tradition there.  Check out this quick and easy recipe for a thick fluffy inside crispy outside waffle.


Feb 3, 2018

Cara Cara Orange Marmalade

Look at these faces!
It's plain to see they like it!

Have you seen Paddington 2?  We loved it!  It was really good.  You may remember that a few years back I posted a recipe for orange marmalade made in the jam maker.  I like that thing, and for someone who always likes to do things evidently the hard way I've succumbed to the fact that I do enjoy this product.  I really like these oranges too!  I decided to make some jam the old-fashioned cook-down way.

Feb 1, 2018

DISH TOWELS MANY USES



I like to sew as you know, but haven't been able to do much of it lately.  I had a wonderful kitchen above the sink curtain that Carly gave me.  I so loved that, white of course curtain.  However time and bright sun took it's toll on them.  Oh I tried one last time to wash them but it would be the last time.  They were so rotten they came out of the wash torn to shreds.  Today I'm talking about one use that is simple and fast. Curtains for your kitchen windows.

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