Happy 2018!

Happy New Year! January 1st is always a time for new beginnings, when anything seems possible in the year ahead. Today dawned beautiful – sunny, cold, and crisp – and seems like as good a day as any to get back into the spirit…

Introducing Pisco!

I just realized that I’ve not yet introduced you all to the new guy in my life – Pisco the puppy! He’s a German Wirehaired Pointer, born on a farm in Eastern Washington. We got Pisco when he was just a 9 week old…

I’ll Be Back . . .

 Just popping by to say I haven’t abandoned this blog – I’m just immersed in family and summer fun. Think of it as a summertime hiatus. I’ll be back soon with more posts and a recharged battery. I hope your summer is as fun…

Grilled Bananas with Vanilla Ice Cream

O.M.G. was this a good dessert! Whenever I cook food on the grill I end up looking for other things to grill after the main meal is done (I just hate to waste those hot coals). Guess what? Grilled bananas are So. Good. Then,…

Happy Monday!

Of course after I took this picture I added five more things to the list. Happy Monday y’all! I’ve got a busy week ahead so I sat down this morning to write out a to-do list (no fancy printable to-do list for me –…

Liebster Award

Recently I was nominated for a Liebster Award by Justina from Justina Who. . . (Thanks Justina)! The Liebster Awards are a way for bloggers to recognize and support smaller blogs that are getting their start and have fewer than 200 followers. Its very…

Food Blogging Vs. Real Life

Sometimes this happens: I’m cooking dinner, working on something interesting and delicious and thinking about what I’ll write about later on the blog, maybe even imagining what sort of picture I’ll take for the post to illustrate this dinner. Meanwhile the entire family is…

I’m Back . . . With Some Thoughts On This Project

I’ve been in a kind of paralysis when it comes to this blog – at first I was just completely burned out on the project – not in creating things, but in the daily documentation that came with it. Then, after days missed turned…

I’m Taking a Little Break

I’m still working on things, although nothing very big or noteworthy, but I need to take a bit of a break from posting. Its beginning to feel too much like a chore and not fun, and since there’s no reason to wreck my creative…

Running Low on Creativity Today

This is the extent of my creativity for today – having a glass of wine with my honey in the bar. Does it count that we made the bar (albeit years ago)?