Good morning to you! We have fog and intermittent drizzle. It's a good day for baking Spritz cookies and making some cranberry chutney. Netty, I...
Droopy, we too stocked up on bird supplies. We have 32 lbs. of bird seed, eight suet cakes, and enough sunflower seed to seed the pasture! Have...
We purchase suet cakes, the kind that doesn't melt. Even in winter we can get warmer days when regular suet cakes would drip on the ground. I did...
Today was the next-to-last day of Christmas baking. Molasses crinkle cookies and banana nut bread while my husband was out foraging (grocery...
Not only does my mind wander a bit, sometimes it walks off completely.
Tetters, we are not talented, but my husband is. I must say that you with your lovely flowerbeds, and Zigs with his masonry skills, are vastly...
We got the predicted frost last night, but all the tender herbs were sheltered, as well as the cats. This Sunday has been sunny, but chilly. We...
We decorated our tree this morning--we love getting out the old ornaments, some of which we have had for 50 years, and reminiscing about where we...
Netty, thank you for the reassurance about perceived scaremongering. I thought I was being a bit over the top. We do watch the news--PBS Newshour...
Odif, please continue your explanation of redox here. Simpletons like me need the background. I'd never even heard of redox, and am not sure I...
We got our Christmas tree today--a Frasier Fir that is so fragrant and so nicely shaped. It is inside in its stand, drinking and relaxing and will...
Sjoerd, as we are wont to say here in Texas, aw shucks (blushing). A bit later I'll post a photo of our house, with a candle (electric) in each...
Mart, the boxes came from my "stash" in the pantry. I can't bring myself to throw out a good box. "This will come in handy some day!:setf_040:" We...
My husband has been busy in the workshop, melting beeswax, pouring it into molds, waiting for it to cool, and unmolding the six inch and 10 inch...
Tetters, he is not a photographer by profession, just has a natural eye and lots of patience. He started photographing things around here on the...
Well Zigs, the drumsticks are very tiny . . . . My husband is very happy to have his photo chosen by Stew members. He is the photographer, I am...
Oh, happy and lovely Tuesday! We decorated the house for Christmas this morning. The tree will be the last bit of decorations after we get the...
Happy, happy birthday! I do hope you enjoyed the films, had something special for dinner, and reveled in all the good wishes from Stewies.
The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you never know if they are genuine. --Abraham Lincoln--
Sjoerd, are olliebollen fried sweet dough packed with raisins, and then rolled in sugar while still hot? My dutch neighbors up north made...
