Today I’d like to introduce and welcome ChinDeep Sponsor, Tea For All Reasons Tea Company. In Marsha’s Words: “Years as an Army brat and Navy wife brought many opportunities for traveling and living in wonderful foreign lands, one of which was England. It was there I learned the proper preparation and service of tea, for…
It’s so great when a recipe just comes together the way you want it to. These little tea sandwiches turned out perfect. Just the right amount of everything to equal a great tea treat. These were good with my iced Grand Keemun, but I imagine they would be wonderful with just about any good quality…
Happy Friday! We’re busy wrapping up work stuff so we can start enjoying our weekend. We’re gearing up to do a wedding photo shoot in exactly one week which will be new territory for our photography business. SO excited! Here’s a yummy recipe for garlic toast. I created this recipe for the Magic Bullet Blender,…
Good afternoon! We just returned home from a lovely day in the cities with my Father in law. A yummy lunch, a little wine, and lots of great conversation. He always makes me laugh. When we got home I checked the mail box and was SO SO SO happy to discover the July/August issue of…
seeing ~ beautiful, fresh flowers growing all over Red Wing, spilling from the many gardens and hanging baskets that adorn our pretty town…lovely stalls of baked goods, flowers, jams, jellies, pickles, and other delights at the Red Wing Farmer’s Market…best friends…THIS BOOK…antiques and thrift store finds…ferns, herbs, lilies and hostas flourishing after all of the…
Do you love dinner in a bowl? We got hooked on noodle and rice bowls when we were out in California several years ago visiting Jeff’s brother Mike and his family. They seemed to be on menus everywhere! We tried a Teriyaki Bowl on a little day trip to Old Sacramento, and ever since then…
sipping THIS TEA roasting THESE POTATOES pouring THIS NA MULLED CIDER for Gracie & Olivia nibbling THIS CHEESE and THIS CHEESE with baguette, vino, olives, pickles & crudite continuing to write my book… toasting country-style bread and frying up mushrooms for THIS CROSTINI wearing THIS PERFUME smelling THIS AWESOME CANDLE SCENT enjoying B&N chai tea…
Hello Friends! Happy Sunday. We made yet another fun-filled trip to Menards to get some stuff for working on the house and painting. I do not love this part of the process. I will be happy to have everything done. It really has been a wonderful weekend so far though. My daughter Andrea came into…
It stormed here a couple days ago. The kind of dreamy snow storm with the huge, puffy snowflakes. I have been dreaming about the beach lately, sort of wishing we were planning some exotic, warm, tropical escape…but there’s something awesome about getting snowed in too. When the snowflakes start to fall, and they call off…
smelling ~ rich, chocolaty espresso, tomatoey soup simmering, italian food, garlic roasting, THIS PERFUME seeing ~ snow gently falling in perfect puffy flakes… I caught some on my mitten today and looked closely…such amazing detail…fireplace blazing, amber candles glowing, vintage valentines and decor finally up and embellishing our rooms with romance, silly sweet fuzzy wuzzy…