Last year I planted all my flowers and then my daughter in law Shannon showed me Gerbera daisies. Love at first sight, I waited until this spring to buy some plants. I have a brown thumb, every year I manage to kill my container plants at least once. Two years ago I lost my diamond ring planting flowers, in panicked…
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Home made raspberry cordial … like Grama use to make
All Natural Raspberry Cordial My grandmothers all natural Raspberry Cordial recipe is one of my favorite childhood recipes. Every summer my grandparents let me come visit it was better than Christmas. I never wanted to return home, I treasure every day I shared with Grama and Grampa. Grama had raspberry canes in her garden and I would go and pick…
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Hummingbird Cake Recipe a Fun Cake in a Jar
Hummingbird Cake a Classic Southern Recipe This traditional hummingbird cake recipe is the base for these super moist hummingbird cakes in a jar. The mashed bananas make it so moist and the option Skor topping adds texture. You can even freeze them and place them in your cooler to keep other foods cold and thaw on the way to your picnic….
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Hummingbird Cake in a Jar
Hummingbird Cake a Classic Southern Recipe As we are a family of two most of the time, instead of dealing with preserving a whole cake, I layered the cake into 8 mason jars and froze it in single portions. I admit rather large single portionsbut Herman’s not complaining. Cake Recipe Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 13 by 9 inch…
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Spring Decor – bring the outside in
Before I decided to blog, I would get up with visions of coffee and then wake up to enjoy Pinterest for the first half hour of the day. Empty nesting has some advantages. I still get up longing for that first cup, but now I sit down to write my blog post. I never quite know what I am going…
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wisdom begins in wonder
I did a lot of writing and pondering searching for the perfect tag line. It had to be wise. It had to be about faeries and nature. I wanted it to flow nicely and be catchy. For the life of me I couldn’t find the right words starting with the letter F, or rhyming with faerie, not in song lyrics,…
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Faerie instead of fairy
Let me explain why I use the term Faerie instead of Fairy. The two spellings are pretty generic after all and fairy is the more common term. In short, I am studying faeries; I believe they may actually exist. Fairy is the more modern term coming from Grimm’s type fairy tales; Tinkerbell, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty, fairy…
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A whole lot about me……
I grew up in northern British Columbia Canada. Mom was a working widow so we didn’t go to the lake or hiking much. Mom called me a house plant as I was always indoors. My siblings were all boys and much older, as long as I kept it safe I was pretty much allowed to keep myself entertained. I remember…
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