50 shades of what???? Really? What just happened to me? The soft click of a door caused me to open my eyes as I struggled to adjust to the dimmed lighting of the room. I instantly recognized the haunting melody of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata coming from somewhere in the far distance. The melancholy notes of…
A dear friend of ours, gave me the definition of an Australian term “Sticky Beak” as a person who puts his or her nose into other people’s business… or one could say “she is a bit of a sticky beak”! I think it is a good description for this “funny” for today. The title of…
I would like to share my tilapia lunch with you, my blogger buddies, today…! altho we can not sit down and eat together…we can be together in spirit!This is so quick and easy and healthy too! Most importantly, it tastes good. Tilapia and Seasonings…. Quinoa and Seasonings…..
Pentas, Dick…the plant is called Pentas! Some of you may or may not have heard of Pentas; I took the pic below of one of my flowering bushes to show you what it looks like if you have not seen it before. “When other plants fade in Florida’s hot and humid summers, perennials like Pentas lanceolata truly…
Burrowing owls! I love them! They are so cute! Our little community has the distinction of having the largest population of the Florida species of the Burrowing Owl in the State, with an estimated 1000 nesting pair. They are here all year round…they do not migrate! They are very small! Which is why I think…
This morning, I went out to my Secret Garden and was greeted by my little kitten in the hammock, which hangs on our pergola ….as I paused, I smiled and my thoughts drifted to the song “The Cat’s in the Cradle”! As you can see, this little kitten is sleeping away ….. dreaming of…
The Captain and I went to see this movie and it was very insightful. I expected something far different from the story that was told. I did enjoy the movie, but not in the way I thought I would. I believe I was thinking a lighthearted comedy with cartoon characters would be a fun afternoon….
The Captain and I have always enjoyed the beauty around us…. brilliant sunsets and sunrises, birds in flight, the unfolding bloom as a flower bursts forth with color, majestic mountains, rolling fields of golden wheat rippling under the wind. Retirement allows me to pause longer! 🙂 I find I want to snap more pictures to…
This Recipe of Fudge Cupcakes with Red Hot Frosting is so easy to make and they are so good!
Luan’s Cherry Mash Bars! Do you remember Cherry Mash Bars? Are they still around? My Mother loved chocolate and ate chocolate stars by the handfuls (she only weighed 90 pounds soaking wet, don’t know why I didn’t get her genes!!!)….Candy was a favorite for her and when she wasn’t eating from her little bowl of…
Only Daughter has requested I put this recipe on my Blog! I have made this Date Bar/Cake recipe for over 40 years and my kids all love it…even though the recipe contains dates and they profess to hate dates. They don’t even know they are there! Well, they do now because they are all old…
Shedding light! New in 2014! Yes, Christmas is over and the New Year begins and the era of the incandescent bulb is dimming. incandescent light bulb, with a ‘medium’ sized E27(Edison 27 mm) I believe I have mentioned that Thomas Edison had a Winter Home just a few miles from where we live and…