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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
Florida is putting on her Christmas colors. We saw this aptly named Christmas palm on our walk this morning. As usual, the fruit are turning red just in time for Christmas. Another plant that is currently fruiting is arboricola, also known dwarf schefflera. The fruit are primarily orange, but we…
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Continue reading →: Hitting the Recipe JackpotI admit it, I’m a Pinterest junkie. I’m not as bad as I used to be; I can go weeks without opening the app. I think what fueled my addiction was having two fantastic student teachers the last two years that I was teaching. As they took over more of…
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Continue reading →: Thick as Pea Soup
We had some cooler weather before Thanksgiving. It definitely put me in a holiday mood, but it also made me crave some dishes that I associate with winter. One of those is split pea soup. Although I cook soups throughout the year, I go back to memories of eating soup…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
We spotted this Ipomoea vine on our walk a couple days ago. The star-shaped veins are a giveaway that it’s in the morning glory, or Convolvulaceae family. It doesn’t matter what it is, I think it’s beautiful.
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Continue reading →: When in Doubt, Salmon!The day before Thanksgiving is always crazy around here. There’s the preparation for the next day’s dinner to take care of. We’d had Luke with us since Sunday, which was an absolute joy, but by Wednesday morning, all he cared about was when the rest of the family was arriving.…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
This is a photo that warms my heart. Our grandson Luke was with us for most of the week. He helped Ken make dinner one evening as part of my birthday celebration. It was Luke’s first experience making meatballs, and I love his determined expression. The dish is called Maine…
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Continue reading →: A Day of Thanks
This week has been incredibly busy, and while I want to post about the recipe I cooked last night, it’s just going to have to wait. I can’t let the day close, though, without celebrating all the things for which I’m thankful. I want to say thank you to all…
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Continue reading →: Mushroom LoveBefore I started keeping menu journals, I sometimes wrote the date we tried a new recipe in the cookbook where I found it. Sometimes I’d add a comment, and occasionally the number of Weight Watchers points for a serving. The recipe for pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce has. All three…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
We took one of our favorite paths this morning, along a canal where we typically see a lot of birds. Today was an entirely new experience: there was a pair of otters in the water. Getting pictures was difficult; we literally sprinted along the bank to try keep up with…
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Continue reading →: Where DID I Find That Recipe?
I am definitely getting excited about Thanksgiving. Maybe it’s because my enjoyment of the day last year was tempered by the amount of pain I was in (I took a bad fall two days before and spent a night in the hospital), but my anticipation level is sky high. Amazingly,…
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