Stars and Stripes Wreath

Okay.  Maybe this isn’t really a stars and stripes wreath.  I couldn’t find blue ribbon with white stars at the last minute, but I think the polka dot bows work fine, right? Anyway, I have let another holiday sneak up on me.  It’s July 2 and I’m having a barbecue…

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Crispy eggplant chips

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted in a while.  It turns out that tonsilitis makes you want to not do anything!  I’ve certainly had to keep up with the garden and housework, but I haven’t been doing anything terribly interesting. Anyway, I had a bunch of Japanese eggplant…

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Housework buddies!

This post is going to be pretty damn short, but I think it will be helpful to any of my single lady readers.  (Do you exist?  Because as far as I know my sole reader is my mom, and she isn’t single)  Anyway, I get that life is tough when…

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Bees! Transporting and installing nucs.

This was one hell of a weekend.  Friday night I went with some friends to see Foreigner.  If you get a chance to see them, you should definitely go.  Tickets were only $20 and you get to see freaking Foreigner!  Man alive, I love Foreigner. Anyway, while I was at…

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Browned-butter pecan cookies

The house across the street from me recently sold (at such a low asking price that it sold the day the sign went up – aargh!).  Anyway, spotting new neighbors definitely means that it’s time to get baking!  As you may recall from a previous post, there’s a lot of…

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