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Can you see the heart?

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I’ve been photographing the flowers in my “wild”flower garden trying to catalog all of them. Imagine my surprise when I noticed the heart in the petals of this flower later as I was labeling the photos on the computer. I’m not certain what type of flower this is. I believe it is some type of […]

Wordfull Wednesdays

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This next new addition to the blog has got me all excited. It’s been stewing around in my head for several months now waiting for the right time to announce. I believe the time has come! Wordfull Wednesdays is an opportunity to hear many different bloggers’ opinions and ideas about various topics. There will only […]

Dreams of Flying

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Photography is an art. Maybe I should rephrase that. Good photography is an art. I love wasting my time looking through Flickr or Stumbling photography sites . I like to get ideas, see new ways of looking at the world around me, finding out how a different angle can change the meaning or interpretation of […]

Spud Nut

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Ah, the humble potato: a worldwide food staple, non-fat, low calorie, never ending ways to cook it, comes in several different colors, delicious, healthy goodness. I’ve listed before some of my favorite potato dishes. I love potatoes! I even used to play with them as a little child, carrying them around like dolls. Now I […]

My Food Storage Room Dimensions

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Dear Emily, You left a comment over a week ago asking the dimensions of my food storage room. I meant to answer you right away. Really I did! Then Mr. Ferrero Rocher got sick with the stomach flu and I had to baby him a little. I intended to answer right after he was well, […]

Gracias!!

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Click on over to Shutter Sisters for some very exciting news…Go on, I’ll wait! It’ll even open in a new window for you. Can you believe that? I am excited and so very humbled that so many of you left comments on my Ring Around the Roses photo at The Daily Click. It just gives […]

I heart FLOR

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I’m so excited with the FLOR tiles we installed yesterday in our living room and on our stairs. Carpet tiles are so easy to install! The girls helped my with the living room and Mr. Ferrero Rocher helped me with cutting the tiles to fit on the stairs. Here are the before and after shots. […]

Quiche

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For quiche I use a standard quiche custard and bake it in either a regular pie crust, hashbrown crust, or rice crust depending on our mood. Rice Quiche Crust1 1/2 – 2 cups leftover rice1 egg1/4 cup grated cheese Mix together and press into pie plate. Bake in 425 degree oven for 10 minutes. Fill […]

Twilighters Get Your Fix

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If you’re a Twilight fan I bet my boots your counting down ’til midnight anxiously waiting the release of Breaking Dawn. For those with nothing better to do here are some fun goodies to while away your time. 1. My mom’s bookstore is having an invitation only party for those who pre-ordered the book. You […]

Where’s Your Honey?

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I collect bees and beehives. Have I mentioned that before? I can’t remember. It started when Bon Bon was 4 and Semisweet was 3. We were learning about bees for school, in particular how all the worker bees were female. They decided since they work hard too that our school would be called Beehive Academy. […]

Farm Mural Masterpiece

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(click to enlarge the photo and get all the cute child drawn details) Fudge loves to draw and color. She created this farm mural scene and taped it to our front door. Here’s a little deciphering if you can’t tell what is what starting at the top left: pigs, barn with rooster, sheep, duck, horse. […]