Celebrating the Royal Wedding ~ A tea party with friends and Princess Diana’s Wedding Cake

“Capturing the imagination of an era, Princess Diana’s wedding cake was a masterpiece of English tradition. Standing over five feet tall, the cake was wrapped with royal icing and decorated with the Windsor royal coat of arms made from marzipan. English wedding cakes are traditionally fruit cakes containing nuts, raisins, dried fruit and brandy. Made…

rain rapture

I’ve decided to spend the day in my kitchen, listening to my favorite radio shows, watching this movie on my little DVD player, and baking a special cake for a tea I’m attending tomorrow. I did a LOT of baking over the winter, and I sort of thought I’d be sick of it come spring,…

Picnic at the Covered Bridge in Zumbrota

On Monday we picked up sub sandwiches and brought a picnic to the covered bridge park in Zumbrota, MN The Zumbro River flows beneath the bridge It was a fun picture taking day After visiting the bridge we went to see an art show. Crossings at Carnegie was featuring an Art & Poetry display. How…

Pasta “Fazool”

“When the stars make you drool, just like pasta fazool, that’s amore. When you dance down the street, with a cloud at your feet, you’re in love. When you walk in a dream, but you know you’re not dreaming signore… Scuzza me, but you see…back in old Napoli, that’s AMORE…” ~Harry Warren Okay, okay…about a…

Guest Artist ~ Liz Cowen Furman

I am so excited about today’s guest artist on ChinDeep! She is a talented artist, illustrator, writer and speaker and I’m proud to call her my friend. Welcome Liz ! Liz Cowen Furman is a member of the Advanced Writers and Speaker’s Association AWSA and has been speaking since 2003. She’s the author of Traditions…