White Chocolate Cupcakes recipe
My daughter wanted white chocolate cupcakes at her wedding so I came up with this simple and easy recipe. White Chocolate Cake 1 box white cake mix 1/2 box of instant white chocolate pudding 1 teaspoon vanilla * Liquid White Chocolate Coffee Creamer (use vanilla if you can’t find white chocolate) * Substitute the water called for […]
Plum Jelly Recipe (with pectin)
I’m so excited. I finally beat the birds to some of the plums this year. The plum tree in my yard is very, very old and there are only a few limbs that are still alive and produce fruit. For the last couple of years the birds have beat me to those red, juicy plums […]
Chicken Surprise !
This is what happens when you go on vacation for 16 days. I had three hens on eggs the whole time I was gone and this is the results… 14 chicks in the first round – this is what you get when you mix Millie Fleur D’Uccle, black, blue, barred and white cochins, and a […]
Turk’s Cap Jelly
In case you are new to my site, I work at a historic state park in Arkansas where I have many talented co workers. One of them is Sheila Ballard, the lady that made this awesome Turk’s Cap Jelly. I have grown Turk’s cap in the past but never knew you could make jelly form […]
Cathedral-Basilica of Cefalù
The Cathedral-Basilica of Cefalù, is a Roman Catholic church in Cefalu, Sicily, Italy. The Duomo dates back to the Norman era and contains some of the best preserved mosaics in all of Sicily.The building of the cathedral was begun by Roger II, the first king of Sicily, in 1131. He commissioned the artists to make the mosaics […]
Cefalu, Sicily (Small Fishing Village in North Sicily)
If I win the lottery, I have decided I want to retire in Cefalu, Sicily. As soon as I heard of this small fishing village, I knew I wanted to see it. It’s a city and commune in the Province of Palermo, located on the northern coast of Sicily, Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It had the beautiful […]
Two things off my bucket list, travel to Italy (check), take picture of tornado (check)
Most people hear tornado sirens and run for cover, I hear them and grab my camera as I make a mad dash for the door. My heart starts pounding as I search the horizon for a whirling mass. With camera in hand, I watch and wait only to be disappointed time after time. This strange […]
How to always have the perfect shade of makeup !
Have you ever walked over to the makeup aisle and scanned the various brands of makeup? Once you decide on the brand, you start looking at the various shades, opening them up and rubbing small amounts onto you hand or your face? You find what you believe to be the correct shade only to find […]
DIY All Purpose Cleaner
I ran across this cleaning recipe from Julie at Home Ready Home. She has several articles on emergency prepardeness and country living which is right up my alley. So I’m brousing thourgh her site and ran across this DIY all purpose cleaner and wanted to share it.
Cagliari, Sardinia
Every morning I would wake up and run to the balcony to see what our next port looked like. I watched the sun rise as we pulled into each port and with camera in hand, took pictures of the most beautiful sunrises. To be honest, I’m not a morning person. A sunrise is that […]
PULA ~ Italy & Pink Flamingos
As we left Cagliari, Italy and headed to see the Ruins of Nora, we passed miles and miles of salt marshes filled with these beautiful pink flamingos. This was the first time I had seen this many flamingos at one time and the first time I had experienced flamingos in the wild. We also saw […]
Nora Archaeological Site in Sardinia, Italy
Where should we go? This is the first question one faces when planning a vacation. There are so many places in the world to visit which made choosing a cruise a difficult task. She would pick a date and read me a list of various port stops. When she mentioned Sardinia in one of the […]
Blackened Seasoning Recipe
Peace, Love, and Low Carb has a great recipe for blackened seasoning. She uses it to make Blackened Chicken Fajitas. She chops the chicken up into then strips along with some onions and peppers, and freezes them all together. All you have to do when you are ready for some fajitas is throw the chicken mixutre […]
Cinnamon Roll Bread Pudding
I love bread pudding. It’s one of those timeless old-fashioned desserts that evokes times past in grandmothers kitchen. I use cinnamon rolls in this recipe but you could use honey buns, donuts, rolls, etc. This is one of those recipes that takes a little time because the bread has to dry out and then […]
Flowers from the Garden
The roses are in full bloom now and are absolutely beautiful. Yellow roses are always my favorite to photograph. The white peonies were the first to bloom and all of the plants are loaded. This is first pink peony to bloom. Related
Valencia, Spain
Every morning, I jumped out of bed and ran to the balcony of our room to see if I could get a glimpse of our next port. It was like Christmas morning, every morning! As we pulled into port and I ran back and forth to the balcony with camera in hand while trying […]
Sagunto, Spain
We decided to take an excursion though the ship and chose the Sagunto and St. Joseph Caves. It consisted of a visit to the village of Sagunto settled in the 5th century BC and a relaxing boat ride through a subterranean river. I was surprised at how much agriculture there was around the Valencia area. […]
Spring Flowers are blooming on the farm.
It’s spring on the farm again and that means green grass, baby chicks, newborn calves, and beautiful flowers. Here are some of the pictures I took yesterday. Hope you enjoy them. Related
Toulon, France
The third stop on our cruise was in Toulon, France. This was one of those stops where we had a guide book in hand as we left the ship. We walked to the bus stop and looked for the bus number the guide book said to take. There was no such bus number and we couldn’t […]
