Shortly after arriving at our winter home in Florida, we discovered that Pensacola has a year round farmers’ market that runs every Saturday in the Martin Luther King Plaza downtown on Palafox Street. It has become part of our weekend routine to stop by the Palafox Market to pick up locally grown produce and baked goods to add to our…
Last summer I made some reversible children’s aprons with adjustable ties for our oldest daughter’s classroom. I’ve redone the photos and accompanying instructions for this tutorial several times but was never completely satisfied with it. Hopefully this last time I’ve covered each and every step you’ll need to complete an apron for a little one in your life. *Note: This…
I was shopping recently in the neatest independent craft and fabric shop (more in a future blog post) and mixed in the bin with the other balls of crochet thread was a ball of Aunt Lydia’s Metallic Crochet Thread in Natural/Gold. The ripened wheat colour of the main thread with the gold metallic thread wrapped around it fit perfectly with…
Now that we are further into our adjustment to being empty-nesters, Dave and I have been adapting the way we grocery shop. Some of the items we used to buy in bulk just don’t make sense anymore as they will go stale or bad before we could possibly use them up. More and more grocery stores are recognizing that singles…
When we lived in Georgia, one of our favourite treats were the Tomato and Onion Shicaccia from the Publix Bakery. At that time, the closest Publix was in Cartersville which is over 25 miles from Rome. The only time we had them was when we’d make a trip down to go to Hobby Lobby every few months or so. Then…
Earlier this month, on a visit with our friends in Panama City, our host taught Dave how to shuck oysters and our hostess taught me the most delicious way of preparing them. The very next day on our way back to our winter home, Dave and I stopped off at Joe Patti’s here in Pensacola to buy more oysters so…
Note: I can’t even begin to tell you the fun, laughter and general hilarity that Dave and I had getting this photo to share with all of you as we tried to beat the waves before they rushed in to erase the words.
While surfing blogs this morning I came across this yummy looking breakfast recipe and since I had two avocados that needed to be used up, plus half a package of bacon in the fridge that also needed to be used up… it was the perfect morning to try something new. I didn’t have any green onions to sprinkle on top…
When our youngest called us to let us know he’d gotten the job at the Western University in London, ON that he’d been hoping to get and then as we chatted back and forth helping him to plan his move into his first apartment, it finally began to dawn on Dave and I that we had completed our financial obligations…