Road Trip! and the best Cucumber Sandwich Recipe!

Over the weekend, I made a road trip from Maryland to Tennessee to see my bestfriend for a few days. I’m not a “naturally” independent person, so it’s important for me to set off on my own occasionally. My husband understands this and always supports my little excursions! My goal was to stop as littleContinue reading “Road Trip! and the best Cucumber Sandwich Recipe!”

A Simple, Nutritious, Tasty (& Super Fast to Make) Soup Recipe Inspired watching Chef! with Lenny Henry

When it comes to comfort food, there’s nothing I love more than soup! My love affair with soup started years ago while watching Chef! on Maryland Public Television with Lenny Henry, Roger Griffiths, Claire Skinner and the beautiful Caroline Lee-Johnson. Not to be confused with present day reality or cooking instruction shows, Chef! is anContinue reading “A Simple, Nutritious, Tasty (& Super Fast to Make) Soup Recipe Inspired watching Chef! with Lenny Henry”

In Search of the Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

Hard boiled eggs are one of those things that really need to be cooked just right. Under cooked, they are runny and gooey, over cooked they are chalky with a green tinge to them. Growing up, I was taught to boil the eggs for 7 minutes. As a child, I loved hard boiled eggs cookedContinue reading “In Search of the Perfect Hard Boiled Egg”

An Exciting Potato Day!

Today, I decided it was time to harvest our first ever potatoes! Really, we wanted to let the potato plants grow for a while longer but while I was rearranging all the plants to try to get them into the fall sunshine, I noticed some damage to the potato plants. The damage was pretty badContinue reading “An Exciting Potato Day!”

The Zen of Art Journaling with Tammy Koolbeck

I’m very excited to let you all know that this Thursday, September 24th, I’m starting a new art journaling course taught by my best friend, Tammy Koolbeck. This fun 7 week course called, The Zen of Art Journaling, will be held once per week over Zoom. Over the course of the 7 weeks Tammy will leadContinue reading “The Zen of Art Journaling with Tammy Koolbeck”

A Disturbing Find on Our Tomato Plants

Our tomato plants seemed to be doing so well and then suddenly started looking bad. It’s true that the weather has started to change but there are still a lot of green tomatoes. We are practicing organic gardening, so bugs are to be expected but up until this point, we had not seen any. Suddenly,Continue reading “A Disturbing Find on Our Tomato Plants”

Binge Worthy Tv – Spaced with Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, Mark Heap and Julia Deakin (possible spoilers)

Binge Worthy Tv – Spaced with Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, Mark Heap and Julia Deakin. Written by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes. I really wish this show had gone on for more seasons! I just want to start by saying, my husband is a huge fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost! NowContinue reading “Binge Worthy Tv – Spaced with Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, Mark Heap and Julia Deakin (possible spoilers)”