Biscochito Cookie Recipe Straight From New Mexico! It is hard to believe but Christmas is just 2 weeks away! Yikes! It seems like we just sat down to the Thanksgiving meal and now it is time for Christmas. Have you been doing a lot of Holiday baking? I have been making cookies and candy…
I have a confession…I like to paint. If it comes to me in blue…I am going to paint it pink! I spray paint to get the color I like as I did with the black candle stands you see below. So come on over. The teapot and coffee pot are on…Do you hear the tea…
The Winter Holiday is one of the most important times of the year. Christmas 2025 The Reason For The Season! Doesn’t it bring to mind all the wonderful sights and sounds of Christmas? I have often thought about how Christmas was celebrated in Colonial times and of course we have a lot of history to…
This is Hello Autumn Dining At Villa de la Luna! Hello Autumn! Friends this was a Thanksgiving tablescape from 2017 and I would like to share it again. And yes, I still have all the table elements these 8 years later. I just can’t part with anything. I am so glad you are here…and…
Happy Thanksgiving To All…. My friends, I am sharing a tablescape from 2016…That year I set up two tables because we served two dinners on different days. My family came down separately from up north….and the result was double the dinners and double the turkey. Surprisingly we did not tire of turkey. And since the…
Gathering Together Celebrating Thanksgiving 2025. Friends don’t you love to hear the crunch of fallen leaves as you walk, deliberately shuffling your feet, just so you can hear that wonderful sound and watch the leaves flutter around you? It brings to mind plaid blankets, flickering candles and dancing campfires as God has provided this special…
My dear readers, I am sure you have heard the term….Elevating the Everyday. OK…I am not going to get all philosophical here… or maudlin… or try to tell you how to live your life. Hey, why not grab a cup of whatever and let’s talk a bit… just you and me… ….and no one else. …
You might ask what do Butterscotch Brownies and Mitford Snowmen have in common. Picture this…It is an overcast, crisp afternoon and you are curled up on the sofa with a book from the Mitford book series in hand and a steaming cup of hot tea in the other. And sitting on the nearby table beside…
I know you remember the Chex Mixes…There are so many variations out there dating way back into the 70’s and beyond that. You have made them or at least eaten them at one tine or another in your life time. Well, I am going to show you another version if you haven’t already tried this…
I love a full moon and especially a Harvest Moon, but the prediction is a Gibbous moon on October 31st… and in case you are not familiar with the term it is: Gibbous: refers to the shape of the moon when it is more than half illuminated but not yet fully illuminated. the phase of the…
Friends…..I love blue, hence the title Color Me Blue. I love the blue of my favorite sports teams. The Royal Blue of the Kansas City Royals (baseball) and the Bright Blue of the Kansas Jayhawks. (college football) I love the blue of Blue Skies and my Blue Heaven. I love Blue Velvet, Blueberry Hill and…
By the time Mama removed the meat loaf and baked potatoes from the oven, my Daddy, two sisters and myself were sitting at the table, ready for supper. That is what we called it back then. “Dinner” was usually reserved for Sunday noon after church, but the evening meal was always called supper and everyone…