The Old Cupboard Door

We received a dusting of snow last night so I took my new camera out this morning to capture some of the sparkle.  Have you ever noticed that when the sun hits that white stuff that it spar...

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Yes, I've been playing with my Christmas gift. What was I to do?  It was sitting there on the bed.  Tempting me!  So, I opened the box and put it together. Read the manual and s...

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Nothing says summer like fresh summer fruit off the vine.  I picked this bowl of blackberries off our vines this morning. They are so warm and summery delicious, like sunshine on the tast...

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Good Monday morning.  I would say "I can't believe it's been a while since my last post" but that wouldn't be an accurate statement.  The most accurate statement is "Whew! time has flown by sin...

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This is Camus, he's my daughter’s "baby" which in essence makes him my grandpuppy. He has come to live with us while his mom is going through changes in her life.  For the moment everything ...

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Saturday we woke to a glorious summer morning...and what was on my mind?  Blackberries!  I have many memories of picking blackberries when I was a child, a tradition I want to force teach my gr...

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So far only one little guy and one little gal has shown up at my hummer feeder.  I hope  more make their way here but for now I'm happy to watch this little guy. He's been swooping around t...

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Turn them into chocolate chip cookies. It's a cool crisp Friday morning A perfect time To make cookies I used a recipe from an old Betty Crocker cookbook This book taught me a l...

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I'm not the only one buzzing around my garden.  I couldn't resist stopping for a break and snapping a few photos of some bumble bees buzzing around the wisteria.  It was no small feat to ta...

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I'm talking about my wisteria, of course.  This wisteria was planted on an arbour situated between the house and detached garage.  It is always a "pleaser" with it's abundance of blooms a...

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A couple of weeks ago I noticed the hummingbirds had arrived for the season. I had stepped out onto the porch and whoosh...there was one hovering near me, obviously letting me know, with some f...

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Aren't these guys cute?  We met them on our walk last weekend.  We heard one of these burros's braying as we approached a farm in the neighborhood, funny we've walked past it many times befor...

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This photo is of Brenda White Giles, a high school friend, who died this week from cancer.  The first thing I noticed about Brenda when I met her were her sparking green eyes, then her engag...

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Adversity is not discriminating It doesn't matter color, creed, gender, financial status, religious standing or any other human condition, it comes knocking at everyone's door sooner or lat...

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Congratulations to Jen of the Country Mouse you have won my Farm Fresh Giveaway.  Thanks to all who entered.  Jen, please send me your address so I can mail this to you as soon as possible...

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I had a busy weekend....as you can tell. I've been eyeing signs here and there online wanting to make one for myself.  Finally, I dug through the wood in the garage and with the aid of my Swee...

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 I've enjoyed making the rounds of blogs, FB, and Pinterest to see the wonderful Spring creations that artisans are making.  I have seen many of these eggs in robin blue, speckled and decorat...

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I've hit a dry spell on what to blog about, I've decided not to push it; the more I worry about it, the less inspired I feel. I've devoted a small amount of time working on a few projects I ...

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March 20th officially announced Spring, but our weather here in Northern Virginia must have missed the memo.  Even if the weather isn't cooperating there is still a breath of Spring in all ...

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Old Man Winter certainly doesn't want to release his grip, does he? Sunday early evening it started snowing, and of course that means I start baking.  Hubby had set aside a few bananas to ri...

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The yucky stomach bug has been making its round through our house.  It started with the GKs and then my hubby fell victim to it.  About a week after he recovered I was feeling pretty confid...

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Not a muscle moving, nor an eye blinking; slow, shallow breaths, every sense on high alert; that's SadieMae on squirrel patrol.  She sits at the French Door leading to the back deck watchin...

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Have bread makers fallen out of favor?  Do you have one? Do you use it? We are on our 3rd bread maker.  Yes, we do use it.  I use the dough cycle and then bake the bread in the oven. ...

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 A few weeks ago I wrote a post about these canisters.  At that time I had two options Option One Paint the canisters Option Two Paint a simple chalkboard square on the front I stal...

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My apologies for being a day late to announce the winner of my giveaway.  I don't want to spoil the announcement with the reason why so I'll do "some splain" later. Now For The Winn...

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