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Winter Window Dressing
I’m biding my time until Spring when I can enjoy some blooms and fill pots with flowers~ My Potting Shed front porch looked cold and my window box looked empty, stripped of its magnolia, pine &...
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Winter Minestrone
From Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust, Ina Garten’s Winter Minestrone is not only foolproof, it is hearty, comforting, and the perfect soup for a cold winter day! I borrowed this...
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Gardening Under Glass
I consulted the almanac and decided that since Spring is still a couple of months away, February was the perfect month to Garden Under Glass! An escape from the wintery weather outdoors and a quick...
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Cedar Linings
The weather has been unpredictable and typical for winter here~ 60 degrees for a few days, then temps dropping to the 20s & 30s, thunderstorms, then a welcome snow shower. . . This cedar tree, a...
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Winter Nest Feathering and Giveaway!
I feathered my nest, aka Potting Shed, with some fresh winter nesting materials~ clearing away the Christmas tartan, leaving the pine cones and cutting some fresh sprigs of fragrant pine. Snow bird...
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Chasing Away The Winter Blues
I’m at the table with my personal recipe to chase away the Winter Blues: Blooms, Dishes, and Sunshine! While sunshine can be hard to come by in January, flowers and dishes never fail. Our weather this...
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Novel Baking: Home Made Winter
I’m joining The Novel Bakers with Home Made Winter. HOME MADE blew readers away with its stunning package, delicious recipes, beautiful photos, step-by-step instruction, and Yvette van Boven’s own...
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Novel Baking: Welcome Winter Cocktail and 3 Minute Mug Cake!
I’m joining The Novel Bakers with Home Made Winter. You have to love a cookbook that starts out with a welcome cocktail! This is one of several recipes in Home Made Winter by Yvette van Boven that has...
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Novel Baking: Cardamom Cake with Whole Pears
I’m joining The Novel Bakers with Home Made Winter. I swooned when saw the pear cake on the cover of this cookbook and had to try it. I made this cake twice, the first time was a hot mess. The recipe...
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Winter Waterview
A little winter water steam fog, the result of cold air moving over warmer water. . . The water tends to look a little mysterious and changes as the light shifts and comes up. Hope you’re surviving...
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Got Snow? Mix a Snow Cream Cocktail!
I hope you all have your provisions to survive the latest winter blast. . . Bread, milk, batteries, ice melt. . . And copious amounts of alcohol :) We had a healthy 10 inches of snow, more than the...
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemon Curd
I had a surprise delivery of some home-grown California sunshine in the form of citrus~ lemons, limes and a few grapefruit! Thank you Jain! Some California sunshine along with a few cocktails :) is...
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A Hearty Winter Soup: Sausage, Kale and White Bean Soup
It’s soup weather! Sausage, Kale and White Bean Soup was in the cozy comfort food section of the January/February edition of Cooking with Paula Deen magazine. A bowl of this hearty soup is ideal to...
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Potting Shed Winter Fun: Grapevine Wreath Snowman
Brrrr. . .Baby it’s cold outside, but perfect weather if you’re a snowman or snow woman! After the Christmas sprucing of the porch and taking down the tree, my back door of my Potting Shed looked cold...
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Slow Cooker Smoky Turkey & Sweet Potato Chili {with Cornbread Croutons}
The forecast is for chili weather and I’ve been looking for new recipes. I found one for Smoky Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili that I could make in my slow cooker in my January issue of Southern Living...
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Winter Lake Beauty
I’m looking for the beauty in winter while we’re surrounded by shades of gray and a blanket of fog. While there is nothing prettier than clear blue water reflecting blue skies, there’s something...
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In the Potting Shed: Dining with Snowmen
I’m celebrating winter in the Potting Shed with snowmen. . . Both inside and out! Snowy white & wise owls have flown the coop to make way for snowmen. . . And while the weather outside is...
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My Name is Chloe and I Have the Punxsutawney Blues
My name is Chloe and I have the Punxsutawney Blues. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Monday, predicting six more weeks of winter and none of us are happy about it. That means no boat rides for a...
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Snowy Day Table for the Birds
We had a second dusting of snow in a week, just enough to satisfy my craving for a little snow this winter! Snow is rare here and usually fleeting*, so I get that giddy feeling you have to wake on a...
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Feeding Our Feathered Friends
With our cold and wintery weather I’ve been more conscientious about feeding our feathered friends. I had some special guests at my table with our snow showers last week. In addition to keeping our...
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