Taking away some things, but still wanting to have some things that welcome winter around our home. Homemade beeswax candles, long ago thrifted candlesticks, some huge pinecones a blog reader sent me years back, and a table runner made by a friend turned on the opposite … [Read more...] about Welcoming Winter
Christmasing
Christmas came in the beautiful way it always does... Thankfully though, Christmas will continue to linger around here for at least another week because we still have one Christmas celebration to attend. We enjoyed our time here at home. We played games, we made a … [Read more...] about Christmasing
Bake Day 2016
Today is bake day, the day I spend with my Mom, my sister and all our kids and we make goodies. Goodies to give, goodies to have for our Christmas dinners, and goodies to eat while we work. While we work, we listen to Christmas music, we talk, we sometimes play cards if we have a … [Read more...] about Bake Day 2016
Nannie Black’s Egg Pie
Few things can spark a memory like the smells that come from your kitchen... Certain foods can take you straight back to a moment, a memory, a time that you may have long since forgotten. As a kid one dessert we would often have for holiday meals was "Egg Pie". It was … [Read more...] about Nannie Black’s Egg Pie
Christmas Making
Christmas around my house is FULL of Christmas making. There are a lot of wonderful things you can buy in this world. I often choose to make many of the gifts that we give as a family. Not because it is cheap or thoughtless.... but quite the opposite. I want it to be something … [Read more...] about Christmas Making
