Time can stand a bit still when you take a day to prep a slow-braised stew.
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Cocktail Meeting for Twenty
There’s nothing like offering to open your home in the first week of December to get the holiday decoration ball rolling. I hung the garland the day before our intimate meeting, but have yet to light the outdoor pots. I try and do a little every day. Slow and steady. And careful on the ladder!
Continue readingQuick Trip to London
I flew to London to spend some one to one time with Elizabeth, and it was invaluable.
Continue readingQuick Café Curtains, and more
With some leftover rod pocket sheers from Elizabeth’s college apartment and a few hours on the sewing machine, viola, new café curtains for free!
Continue readingRenovating…
I’ve been off the grid and immersed in home renovations, and we are almost there after six-plus months of hard work and high budgets.
Continue readingReunion Weekend
Three days of celebrating 50 years from high school, yikes.
Continue readingCotton Poplin Swing Dress
A good summer dress is all about ease.
Continue readingBasil Parmesan Mayonnaise
Scratch mayonnaise is easy, and so delicious. If you have a nice bunch of basil, be sure to give Ina’s Basil Parmesan Mayonnaise a try.
Continue readingLife Lately
I’ve been lost in the life of a content domestic. Dinner for two on the upper deck during the month of June on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice.
Continue readingMoody Blues
Even when everything seems amazing on the outside, there are days we just need to do work. Consistency in the work will help get us to the other side.
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