Days at Buttermilk Cottage

I am coming in just under the wire with my Lane Cake for this year's family Bake Off . I have been waiting for most of the summer to make it to serve to my knitting group next t...

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I have grown violets most  of my adult life. My first violets were from my Grandmother many years ago. I like to think that perhaps some of the ones I have today are offspri...

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I am not sure what else I will  read this summer, but I feel confident in saying, THIS one is my  favorite of the summer.   This is a multi generational family saga, ranging ...

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When I moved into my cape cod two years ago, my plan was  "one big home improvement project per year." This year's is all finished! This is how the house looked "before." (...

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My sister Nancy has submitted her Lane Cake  entry for this year's bake off. She wrote such a first-rate post for her own blog , I have lifted her pictures and text to share with ...

http://mybuttermilkcottage.blogspot.com/2019/06/another-lane-cake.html

We have our second cake in the 2019 Summer Bake Off:  The Lane Cake Here's the proud baker, my brother Rick, who makes his home in Germany, with his wife Terry. Although he i...

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Beautiful iris are now gone, but bloomed gorgeously in early May I consider myself a "reluctant gardener," because I have never  really had a huge interest  in gardening. However...

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It was my sister in law,  Pat's turn to choose the cake for this year's Davidson Cake Bake Off. Remember, this is not really a  competition. For the past several years a cake has been chos...

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Is it possible? Is Spring almost over? I have let SO much time pass  since my last post. It has been a busy time at  Buttermilk Cottage. That's my only excuse. In March ...

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My little dog Daisy had not been well  since this past holiday season. At that time she was diagnosed with  congestive heart failure. And although she had many good days since then, the ba...

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...according to the calendar at  Buttermilk Cottage:  December/January/February (Winter) March/April/May (Spring) June/July/August (Summer) September/October/November (Fall) So,...

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...all in one week! Last week was my "favorite" sister's birthday. On Monday, Nancy and I  made the half hour trip from my parents' house to Lynchburg, Tennessee for lunch. L...

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As I sit here today  contemplating bringing in my plants from the porch because we might, possibly have a frost later this week, I realize summer is over. Of course it is!!! I...

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It's a perfect, sunshiny, blue sky day in East Tennessee today. Hard to believe we will probably be dealing with the remains of  Hurricane Florence on Sunday and Monday. Our loc...

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I have actually been enjoying it since mid July. All the work was completed then, except for the arrival of a new door from the living room onto the porch. That got ins...

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I had a road trip last weekend! M and I met up with friends in Asheville, NC and had a full day at Biltmore Estate. Biltmore is hosting an exhibition  in their historic garde...

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"Before" "After" I spent the past weekend working on a project that has dogged me since I moved in a year ago. The mantle of my fireplace got a "slapdash" coat of paint...

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Reminiscing today. The picture above is of my cousin Judy and me. It was taken when we were four years old. Note the matching sun suits. This picture was taken in Michigan, where b...

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The work on the new screened porch continued last week  and the end is in sight! My initial plan was to use the wood floor already there. But after thought and discussion i...

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All the way from Germany, here's my brother Rick's Hummingbird Cake, his submission for our 2018 Family and Friends Bake Off. Two things to note, the German flags and the li...

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Work on the new porch has continued steadily all this week. Remember last week when the old ceiling had been removed and I mentioned I played with the idea of leaving the ceil...

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There she is, the proud baker, my beautiful sister Nancy and her cake for this year's Family (& Friends) Cake Bake Off The cake looks wonderful and Nancy reports it was "de...

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When the initial renovations on my little Cape Cod were finished, I decided perhaps one big project  a year would be manageable. I have passed my one year anniversary in the house...

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Here it is! The first entry into our 2018 Hummingbird Cake Bake Off . My sister in law, Pat has taken the plunge and baked the first cake. It was baked as a birthday cake for he...

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Birthdays , they just keep coming, year after year! What's to be done about that? I have decided the very best thing to do about birthdays is to enjoy them. No one that I...

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