Entertainment… Food Associations 25 Apr 201125 Apr 2011 Do you associate specific foods with different holidays? Easter for me conjures images of baked ham, roasted asparagus, green bean casserole, ambrosia salad, and coconut cake or pie. Fourth of…
family… Easter Date – Easter Eggs – Bunnies 24 Apr 201124 Apr 2011 You may think that the bunny is a symbol of Easter because its date hops around like one. You may be correct as my research is also a little hippety-hop.…
family… Tonka Trucks and Memories 23 Apr 201123 Apr 2011 My husband and I were planning a few additional trees for the landscape when we ran head on into our past and that of our son. Near a rock formation…
food… Best Key Lime Pie 22 Apr 201122 Apr 2011 For some of us, Key Lime Pie is complete decadence and I have a simple recipe. I can't take credit for it though. I actually discovered it in an old…
home… Spring Cleaning – Inside and Out 21 Apr 201121 Apr 2011 The storms over the weekend caused my focus to shift indoors. It is time to flip mattresses, and move furniture to allow every nook and cranny to be dust free.…
family… Easter Week and Decorating the Graves 20 Apr 201120 Apr 2011 What does Easter mean to you? For Christians it is the most important time of the year. We follow Christ through Palm Sunday - singing Hosannas - -and into the…
family… At Grandparents’ House 19 Apr 201119 Apr 2011 Yesterday I went to the house that was the home of my paternal grandparents. Though we all still own it, my oldest uncle likes to putter about there. So nobody…
Entertainment… Hunting Wild Mushrooms 18 Apr 201118 Apr 2011 There are some mushrooms that you can seek out in the forest without a lot of intricate knowledge. They are known as morels and are highly prized, expensive, earthy, delicious…
landscape… After The Storm Passes 17 Apr 201117 Apr 2011 Even a storm emotes beauty here in The Jefferson National Forest. The wind that tore through the valley of Bland, Virginia - which sits like a child snuggled up in…
family… Inside of a Wind Storm 16 Apr 201116 Apr 2011 We arrived at our cabin in Virginia beneath menacing clouds. The wind kicked up with ever increasing speed. A grouse, disturbed from its safety, tried to race across the field…