We won't be trick or treating this year, or giving out candy, because of the pandemic.  It really made me think about how nice a tradi...

With all the recent busyness, a lot of regular housekeeping (and blogkeeping) had fallen by the wayside. My cabinets, in particular were...

 So, did I mention the kids picked 87 pounds of apples?  Five kinds: Fuji, Aztec Fuji, Sun Crisp, Jonagold, and Cameo. When most peopl...

1.  The thing about summer is... I always think it will be mostly like this (lounging about at my friend's pool) and it always turn...

This is not an actual picture of the soup I made on Groundhog Day, but it's close. It was supposed to be alphabet soup with chicken...

Snow ice cream!  You take a bowl of fresh snow and mix in a can of condensed milk. Easy peasy and yum!

First off, start three or four days before you need the house. In a pinch, you could do it in two, but if you need it now , buy a kit or mak...