What a blustery, chilly, few days!  I should be grateful it's not snow - which I see on my Facebook feed from my New England...

We have heaps and heaps of snow outside -14 inches when I measured yesterday, but of course there are drifts and mountains more from shoveli...

Novemberrrrr.  As in brrrr.  We have had one morning with hard frost on the ground - and the windshield, and another with a co...

Whenever I visit family, I almost always whip up a little something special, and that was especially true of parenta...

Oh my goodness, life has been hectic.  The first few chilly almost-freezing nights led to that frantic Oh-my-gosh-winter...

  What?  It's September?   Apologies, I have been dealing with one emergency after another. I have not had a good nights s...

Do you still have Easter leftovers?  I'm thrilled that I finished off the the leftover ham yesterday - baked in a little ti...

Wowser, that was some blizzard we got!  Still digging out from the 3 foot snow that arrived the night of the 7th, but thankfu...

We've had a LOT of snow lately.  And cold, as in zero degrees, which of course made getting around a little slippery.  Ice ...

Today's doings in the kitchen?  Mixing up the most delectable chocolate batter for Maida Heatter's brownie s, and listen...

Yesterday was the first REALLY chilly day - frost on the windshield, a puffy jacket for my walk, and while it warmed up to the 40's ...

Excuse the long silence, but I've been out wandering.  I visit the buffalo herd down the road almost every day - now I see black pig...

Spring has spronged!  One brief sunny day, the trees unfurled and there it was:  a beautiful green world.  Later that day, I found, to my de...

What? Ice cream sandwiches on the 4th of April? Yes, indeed! As you see above, the pond has no ice - and no snow to be seen and it's ...