Joy of Country Living

 This week has slipped by so fast almost missed getting this post up!   You may wonder what could take so much time?  How about taxes?!   The first of January is always a chore since I try to get all the tax stuff together  for the last year  . . . plus I like to finish [...]

…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 [...]

Would guess like most folks that live here in Texas, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the fires. And, while the fires in our general area have been nothing to compare to the catastrophic fires in the Bastrop area – any fire or fire threat is to be taken seriously. The air has been [...]

With the weather still too hot to do much outside other than water, there’s not been a lot going on around here. So, thought I’d share a couple of recipes that are good for either brunch or a light supper. One has chicken; the other is meatless – both are delicious. So when is a [...]

I’ve been doing some filing today and came across a cookbook I got somewhere along the way. . . full of recipes using Bisquick. Now while the recipes call for Bisquick – my preferred ‘store bought’ biscuit mix is Pioneer because the things I fix with it seem to have a lighter texture. It really [...]