Life in general, Daily Musings, Funny Anecdotes , Serious Concerns.
Annual Christmas Open House! Whew! It is a lot of work but so worth the pleasure of seeing old and new friends! The Captain and I have a way of saying “Hello/Season’s Greetings !” to neighbors, family, friends … old and new ones we have just met, by having our Christmas Open House. People…
Helen Steiner Rice was an American writer of religious and inspirational poetry. She wrote a Christmas Poem that is special … I want to share it with you, my readers, because she expresses exactly how I feel about each and every one of you! Hugs and Baskets of love to everyone! I have a list…
Yes, The Captain and I witnessed a shoplifter at a restaurant! Today, the Captain suggested we go to one of our favorite seafood places for lunch! Sort of a reward for getting most things done before our Annual Christmas Open House on Sunday afternoon! We literally mean open house as we open all…
Help!!!! …, there is a white coating on the Mandevilla Vines! The coating is not on the whole vine, but at the base of the vine…next to the dirt…on the brownish wooden twigs! I took my cup of tea out to my Secret Garden this morning and as usual I had to say hello to…
Southwest Florida Christmas Lights! SW Florida is a perfect place to spend the Christmas Holidays! You might think that strange… No Winter season? you ask. True, I miss the first snowfall as I have said in an earlier post! And the romantic in me misses the times (as kids)… that we raced our sleds…
Hi guys… There are many variations of this particular recipe for “Lil Smokies”! I am going to give you the recipe that I have used and have had people coming back for more! Some people use maple syrup and some make a glaze of brown sugar and butter and some just use brown sugar as…
Happy Monday! I have had better Mondays! I can’t believe I did this…I am in a dilemma! Should I confess? After all…who would know? The Captain is flying…only Jesse James and I are in the house! Can I trust Jesse? The answer to that is “only sometimes”….and that is another post! 🙂 This could be…
It’s a Jungle out there! I was stopped at a stop light a couple of days ago and out of the corner of my eye I saw a large object move. I turned to look and saw a man leading a camel. A Camel in Florida?
Hi Guys, I promised in a previous post: “A Special Day…Boating to Lunch” more info on Manatees so here it is….. These big bodied mammals with a face only a mother should love are on the brink of extinction! There are several reasons why. One reason is the boat motor injuries as these trusting, curious…
Yes, there is Kansas Cuisine…and it is simply good home style cooking! It is what I grew up with and in my opinion, there is nothing better than Midwest cooking. I lived just 13 miles from the Brookville Hotel which to this day serves the same type of family style dinners….only one thing on the…
This is a request from Twin number 1…my son, Tracy! He loves this divinity and even though it says twice cooked…it is really very easy to prepare! I make this divinity every Christmas Holiday…it is one of the staples at our annual Christmas Open House! The Recipe came from a cook book that my…
Yesterday, I needed to go to the Vet’s office to pick up some special food for Jesse James….and when he saw me getting my purse and changing into something a bit more appropriate …(I was wearing sweats and a T-shirt that had seen better days.) He headed for the door and was waiting patiently …with…