Monthly Archive: January 2009

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First Snowflake

We’ve had very little winter here in Maryland. The temperatures have been cold, but no snow. Today we had a few flakes. Inspired by Beth Ellen’s snowflakes,  I thought to take a close up photo of one as they fell on the car windshield. So, here is my first (and...

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Broccoli and Cheddar Soup

After a cold morning having gone to church, Laura and I arrived home and set about making Broccoli and Cheddar Soup. We used a recipe we found at All Recipes.com . (Mom had a giggle about how we brought the laptop on the kitchen counter to use to follow the recipe)....

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Christmas Presents 2008: Bloemen & Planten

It occurs to me that I have been blogging now for 4 years and now entering my 5th. I know I get all excited over whacky world events and our crazy politics here at home, but many times I do blog something personal. You might think that Christmas is way...

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History Lesson, Present Tense?

“Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.” ~Cicero Laura and I have resumed our regular schedule now that the holidays are truly over. Our history lesson today, to me, read something like our modern times…. “The transformation of Rome from an Italian city-state to the seat...

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Postcards Update

True to his word, Grit sent me some postcards from Tennessee to add to my postcard collection! My list now looks like this: Barcelona,Spain 79 Sagrada Familia 13 CampNou 9 Montjuich 39 BarriGotic 20 Sabadell,Spain 36 Vacarisses,Spain 5 Monsterrat,Spain 39 Sitges,Spain 4 Benasque,Spain 37 Lleida,Spain 19 Tarragona,Spain 11 Graus,Spain 16...

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Shrimp on the Barbie (a la Mike)

Some time ago, Mike posted a recipe for fried shrimp. I have wanted to try it for a long time, and mom seemed excited to try it. Laurer’s Super Thrift was having a good sale on very large shrimp and so it was planned. Laura and I prepared it as...

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Christmas Presents 2008: Goat Cheese!

Not just any goat cheese, the cheeses of Tumalo Farms. Flavio and Marge sent a lovely box with a variety of cheeses all fixed up in a nice Christmas packaging. It was nice to have Petra (from Holland and no stranger to cheeses) with us when giving it a taste....

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Christmas Presents 2008: Crosstitch Chickadees

My sister knows how much I love birds; watching birds, studying birds, and of course,  photographing birds . I don’t have a particular favorite, but the chickadees are fun to watch and abundant around here at the birdfeeder. How sweet it was to receive her amazing crosstitch with adorable chickadees...