Friends…I wanted to take the time to talk about company and a few desserts I’ve made the last couple weeks. You all know about sheet cakes and I absolutely love how quickly they can come together and look good and taste good. The Captain and I have had visitors/family and friends the last few weeks…
Elementary, My Dear Watson, says Sherlock Holmes as he acknowledges the Belated Birthday wishes from his friend and colleague. You see…Sherlock Holmes had a birthday on January 6th and of course today is January 23rd…so the birthday wishes are a bit late. What? You say as you look at your calendar….Are we not celebrating Valentine’s…
Let’s talk about Natural, Neutrals and Nature. Good Morning dear friends. Today I want to delve into a subject I mostly try to stay away from which is trends in decorating our homes. Why? Because I am certainly not an expert and well,… I decorate with what I like and trends tend to…well trend into…
Hi You’all…The following post was originally posted in 2018…but I decided to revive it because it contains the houses of two of my favorite Christmas movies. There are so many funny lines in both movies and when Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, we had a metal beam from our pool cage break through our…
A German Christmas Tablescape. I have had these beautiful bright red Vintage Waechtersbach Christmas Tree dishes for a long time. And because I have an Irish background and red hair…I have always loved these candy apple red dishes. Don’t ask me why one has anything to do with the other. These days I sometimes don’t…
Yes, November is a Symbol of Gratitude & My Birthday Month. Actually today is my birthday and I can not help but reflect on my life and all the blessings and joy I have experienced. As many of you know, I had Pancreatic Cancer and my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ brought me through all…
Do Ahead Potatoes, The Easy Mashed Potato Recipe! This recipe is a suggestion for your Thanksgiving Day meal. It is great because it can be made ahead of time, leaving you with more time for last minute Turkey and gravy and who wants to be mashing potatoes when there is so many other things to…
Thankful, Grateful, Blessed! My dear friends this is the time of year when most of us take the time to reflect on how thankful, grateful and blessed we are. Of course we should be thankful every day and as we take the time to look around us, there is much to be thankful for. I…
Gma’s Homemade Tomato Soup is something I make often, especially if I have some extra tomatoes. Folks the leaves are turning up North and the weather is cooler here in Florida and my thoughts turn to soup. This is such a simple recipe that it is almost a joke to write down the ingredients. This…
Yes, this is another recipe for yet another Sheet Cake; Apple Sheet Cake to be exact. I always think of apples and Autumn. They are synonymous with each other don’t ya think? Living in Florida, we don’t get to visit the huge apple orchards of the midwest which was always an annual thing. We would…
Is Black the new orange? Well, sometimes it can be and as I struggled to come up with new and different table pieces, I decided to find inspiration from a table I set several years ago. As I assembled pieces from my stash…I realized I did not have a lot to work with….when I finished,…
Hello my dear friends. First I thank you for all your prayers and concerns as Hurricane Idalia blew up the coast of the Gulf of Mexico recently. We were very fortunate as she stayed off shore and we in Cape Coral, Florida sustained a little wind and lots of rain from the bands on the…