Sometime on September 12, 2026 this blog had it's 4 millionth view. They say that blogs are passé, but people are viewing my posts, incl...

Do you know how sometimes you take a photo and lose track of it...and then 'find' it weeks later in your digital photos? That happen...

So much fun to have a bearing apple tree. Sometimes I don't have enough free time to harvest many of them, but when I do, I often make a...

This isn't a food post, but it is about having fun. Last weekend Sweetie and I visited our daughter and her family in Redmond, WA and I ...

August is often a changeable month, a bit like April or even March. Sometimes it's hot and you know it's summer, but then you look o...

Peaches! Ripe, juicy white peaches just begged to go into a pie. Thought I'd combine them with some blackberries from down the driveway,...

Peaches are one of my favorite foods and now it's high peach season...it's one of the few things I like about summer. Too late tonig...

I've made Financiers before, but it's been a while. Not sure why I've waited because these are delightful little treats that sho...

Sweetie loves mushrooms! It isn't really mushroom season, but we have a local place that grows them year-round. Like many foods, mushroo...

raised bed with cherry tomato seedlings, bean seedlings and a marigold plant Sooo you can see that I have not been posting lately. The good ...

Sweetie asked for a creamy pie for Father's Day, which is kind of funny considering all the fruit we have in the house...cherries, both ...

I've made Irish soda bread often, usually using the recipe given to me by Aunt May, a woman fully Irish and a great baker. The version o...