Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Small bites made with purchased puff pastry or phyllo dough. Fun appetizers with out all the work.
This is not going to turn into a puppy blog. I promise. After this I will restrain myself to the occasional puppy-update… Say. once a month (or so). But I couldn't resist this shot. Guapa – sleeping with total puppy abandon. She didn't even move when the flash went off. Bonnie, on the other hand, … Continue reading…
Who got new toys for Christmas? That many…. Wow! Who got new toys that did not require WiFi, a battery or both to function? No one? On British television there were almost as many ads for old-fashioned games as there were for electronic games. Was it the same in the US? Twister seemed to be … Continue reading…
Let me show you our plan. It may take a bit of imagination, but keep your eye on the scaffolding and the ladder to help stay oriented. The first photo is taken from the master bedroom doorway, looking straight down the hall to the door going into the barn (purple arrow). The barn door leeds … Continue reading…
On Sunday I was going to do a post about chocolate….. But it took me forever to get the house clean…. Then I decorated for Christmas – for the first time since we moved house in 2008… And there you have it! Time disappeared as usual. When I started putting up the tree I kept … Continue reading…
Mission accomplished! The tiles are selected and ordered for our new bathroom. Of course, I haven’t a clue whether I ordered the right amount. In typical fashion, we measured, I calculated exactly, precisely, how many square meters of tiles we would need to do the job. I had all of my notes with me. I … Continue reading…
My friend Ruth, of Once Upon A Feast, somehow knew that I was having a bad week. She decided to cheer me up. She could have sent me a new cooktop but, instead, based on the ‘teach a person to fish’ methodology, she gave me an Award….. An Award that says I have to … Continue reading…
I love books. All sorts of books: big ones, tiny ones, new ones, old ones, fact, fiction, entertaining, teaching. Mon mari would say I like them a bit too much, since I have enough to start my own book shop…. or two. Today I unpacked my 'good' books. The leather-bound hard cover books. The books … Continue reading…