Joy of Country Living

Well, certainly hope everyone is off to a grand start this new year. We’d be doing a lot better if we hadn’t caught the ‘bug’ that seems to be going around. Seems everyone I’ve talked to has had ‘it’ or got ‘it’ . . . sinus and lingering cough. Thank goodness we’re on the down-hill [...]

Can you believe it? Less than 3 weeks to Christmas!! Fortunately we’re doing pretty good this year with staying ahead – gifts are bought and Eggnog Ice Cream  is made – as well as a batch of my favorite ‘P’ candy (pecan pralines). Have to admit it’s a good thing I only make both of [...]

…and call me in the morning. I like to think I’m in pretty good physical shape …. that is until I helped David with his projects like this last weekend.   After that experience, I have sore muscles in places I didn’t know I had muscles. And, lucky me, there wasn’t just one … but two such [...]

When we moved to the country there was absolutely nothing here – no trees, no flowers, nothing. So I started planting trees – specifically trees outside my kitchen windows. This was because I spend so much time in the kitchen – I wanted to look at something pretty.   Well – 12 years later – my [...]