After a fun-filled day celebrating our grandgirl Madeline’s 2nd birthday with a houseful of family and friends, Jeff said he wanted to make a special dinner for our date night. So, we set up a little fantasy French bistro on our deck. There was a slight breeze that played over the newly-green grass in the…
~Seeing~ This pretty embroidery design by Gracie Placzek ~Hearing~ Our favorite Children’s party music… Songs I Heard by Harry Connick Jr. Birds, Bees and Fishes by Pete Seeger This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie Animal Crackers by Shirley Temple ~Tasting~ Iced Tea! ~Smelling~ The daffodils in the front bulb garden ~Feeling~ Like packing…
“The mere chink of cups and saucers tunes the mind to happy repose. ” ~George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft ~Tearoom Rose Geranium Cake~ My friend Bonnie grows rose geraniums in her kitchen garden and made this cake when she was running the Tale of Two Sister’s Tearoom here in Red Wing Minnesota.…
It’s been busy around here! Between getting a little spring cleaning done every day (in an attempt to make the chore less daunting), writing outlines, queries and book proposals, doing multiple photo shoots for the tea book, continuing to write the novel, trying to nail down a date to book our vacation, planning a birthday…
Here’s a list of some movies I’ve really enjoyed lately. Some I just saw for the first time, others were re-watches. If you’d like to know what the following films are about, just click on the title of the movie to view a trailer. The Kings Speech Dan In Real Life A Good Year Miss…