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2023 Key Limes From Our Backyard Tree The Salty Siren Bones Coffee Company, a Favorite of Ours ———————————————————————– Our 1890 Pennsylvania Barn Wood Table Top Ready To Grab My Things As I Leave For The Day ——————————————————————————– Yummy Goodies I’ve Brought Home …
Christmas, 2023 Christmas, 2023 Me, Wrapping Gifts Above Christmas Cards, and Pretty Baubles I Love My Table! All Lit up with Vintage! I just happen to love wrapping gifts! Some, I may wrap in beautiful vintage wrap, and others I may wrap …
February, 2024 Super Bowl Sunday Airport Pick-Up, w/ Great Coffee Table Italian Foods to Follow 🙂 ————————————————————————— With Gordon working overseas, he doesn’t get to come home very often. This was a very nice visit filled with lots of Coffee Table Italian. …
Shirley Temple, Anyone? Julie Barefoot Blogging with a Baby Bed in the Living Room (I am my Grand-Daughter Isabelle’s (Peanuku) Main Care-Giver.) ‘Yeah, I see it. Thanks for letting me know.’ (Usually someone warning me about a threat from my cyber-stalker.) …
How To Create An Outdoor Movie Theater In Your Own Backyard Area DOCTOR NO Released in 1962 Dr. No is the first movie to be released in the James Bond Franchise, written by Ian Fleming. Dr. No was …
Hello and Welcome to My Personal Blogs I started this website in July, 2011, along with my very first blog post. I tend to write about whatever I may be going through. When I started the website I was …
It is Always a Thrill to see a Racoon in our Backyard (One time I saw one peeking in our Kitchen Nook window. He was watching me while I was lollygagging around the kitchen. He was adorable. But, when he realized I …
Merry Christmas Canning Stewed Tomatoes An Original by Susy Whann (Gordon’s Aunt Susy made the quilted Christmas Tree Banner. It just seemed appropriate to feature it here. She passed a few years ago. But her caring and craftswomanship, still exists.) —————————————————————————– This …
(The picture above not only showcases my Old Florida Jezebel Sauce, I also depict our daughter Veronica’s art from when she was a Fine Arts student in college. Any chance I get to do that, I do!) Let The Sunshine In …
And The Oscar Goes To…. Albert R. Broccoli He did win an Irving G. Thalberg Oscar posthumously at the Academy Awards in 1982. The award was presented to him by the current James Bond at the time, Sir Roger Moore. …
Welcome to DIY Home Function Upgrades This is our first project for this website page. We do plan on bringing you more. What you see here is the side of our house. There was grass here at one time but our yard …
Hi! I’m Julie. Welcome to my blog. I am very happy you are here with me. Oh, and that is Sparky perched where he always sits on the back of the sofa, and Spooky beside me, though usually she is …
Autumn Once Labor Day is over with….. There is just something special about the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn. To most of us it’s having the kids go back to school. Always a special time for me …
Acapulco, Mexico 2001 This hand painted plate was recently given to Gordon from his parents on one of their many trips down to Mexico. —————————————————— Tomatillos ————————————————————— 2021 Happy Father’s Day Gordon! Feliz Dia del Padre! For this Father’s …
Meet You In The Herb Garden for a Picnic My Herb Garden means a lot to me. It was one of the first sections on our property that we sectioned off and cultivated into something very productive that nourishes …
A Backyard Visitor (Osprey) We live in Florida and enjoy pleasant weather throughout the year. Our winter’s are mild, and our summer’s can be quite harsh. We love that we can have lovely landscaping on our property throughout the year …
THANKSGRILLIN’ 2020 Welcome to our Home Renovations Thanksgiving A.K.A. Our Thanksgiving During our Home Renovations With our kitchen under construction, it fell to the outside grill to deliver us our turkey from evil. (Or something to that affect.) Check …
The Bulletin Board pictured above is hanging in our Hallway. I put it there when we bought our house, and moved in. Nothing ever seems to get taken off of it although for some reason we keep cramming things into it through these …
Welcome to our Home Isn’t that what Door Wreaths are for? Well, tell that to the mother bird that built her nest into it. Look at Her Beautiful Eggs And, There is the Sweet Little Mother Bird, Isn’t she Pretty? …
