Alison at The Polohouse is showing favorite chairs on her "Favorites on the First" series this month.  I love chairs, especially ...

I hadn't made Pineapple Upside-Down Gingerbread in a long time; but decided to yesterday for my Wednesday Morning Coffee Group. I...

One of the things we bought for our grandson's 11th birthday this week was a cookbook since he shows a real interest in learning to coo...

GRANDCHILDREN ARE THE REWARD FOR SURVIVING PARENTHOOD.  Here are our rewards - the best Valentines ever. First, The Beauty -- Then,...

If one cloche is good --- Does that make two better? I'm joining Marty at A Stroll Thru Life  for her winter cloche party....

You have probably heard the furniture/accessory adage that 'buy what you love; and it will all go together when you get it home'....

Alison at The Polohouse  threw out quite the challenge for her monthly party, Favorites on the First, for February.  We were to blog about ...

I've been enamored with wicker for years.  Consequently, we have wicker on both our front porch and our screened-in porch . Lately, h...

See that big brown transferware platter on the top shelf?  It was a surprise gift from a friend recently.   It's huge.  It's he...

Pyrography is a craft that involves burning designs into wood or leather with a wood burning tool.  It was popular in the early 1900s to ...

The year, 2012, was full of expensive projects around here -- a new roof, new outside paint job, partial fence replacement; then the washin...

The Christmas season is almost over for another year.  I'm afraid that all of my Christmas decorations and trees are still up, which ...

The decorating is done; the shopping is finished and wrapped; and now I'm in cooking mode.  Everything is leading to the reason w...