On A Roll
Making all these pumpkin recipes has really been fun for me. And since there seems to an abundance of pumpkins this year, I say, why not? Of, course, the real pumpkins on the porches are a lot of work, that is if you plan…
Pumpkin Mania
Hello everyone, and welcome to National Pumpkin Day! Yes, that’s right. Today, October 26, 2014, is the day to welcome pumpkins. As if we haven’t seen them on every doorstep for the last month. I think we could say we are in Pumpkin Mania. As…
October Surprise
As I wrote earlier, October is the month of surprises. From who’s in the World Series playoff’s to what new thing our politicians may spring on us. But in between, there’s a change in the weather that causes us to buy gloves, scarves, go to…
Apples, Squash, and Pumpkin Pie
October! This is the one month of the year that tells on itself descriptively. With the brilliance of the landscape bursting with color, from bushes to trees and the multicolored mums, to the cool evenings spilling over with outstanding sun-sets, one does not lack for…
Happy September
Wow guys, here we are in the second week of September, and Christmas is looming right around the corner. I can still see last year’s Christmas lights hanging on the back porch pillars. Bill said they looked good since they were all white, so he…
The Good Old Days
I am not sure where the days go, but here we are in early August, and I am thinking about getting the house decorated for the upcoming holidays. I figure, if I can’t put a stop to the days, I might as well start wrapping…
Consider the Begonia
If you love flowers you have to consider the angel wing begonia. It is one of the easiest plants to grow, provided you have them in a part shade, part sun location. I plant them in big flower pots, and display them on my porch….
Make It Lemon
Did you know that the trusty little lemon is used for a multitude of purposes, culinary and nonculinary? It has been used for sore throats, facials, in toothpaste, in detergent, for bleaching agents, and especially in every cuisine possible. I ask you, what would…
My Summer Sweet
Here we are in the thick of summer, with the kids catching fire flies, bedtime curfews out the window, and even the pets enjoying circling the grills for droplets of barbeque. Summertime! The time of the year when life seems to take on more memories…
My Beautiful America
Well here we are in 2014, some 238 years after the famous Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776, declaring the United States of America to be a free country and independent of the Kingdom of Great Brittan. Since that day, every…