Duckies Supervising New Year’s Eve Game and Snack Night
After all the greetings, I discovered a row of my granddaughter’s duck collection on the counter, n our traditional New Year’s Eve Game and Appetizer Night!
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: Family & Traditions
Building Joyful Memories with Beloved Christmas Traditions
Charles Dickens drew greatly from the powerful memories of his past to write A Christmas Carol: Traditions express love and mutual support among one another.
Trying Crazy Turkey Recipes and Fun Thanksgiving Crafts
After roasting a Black Lacquered Turkey, then years of flipping turkeys, I fell in love with spatchcocking a turkey! And we have a new turkey craft tradition!
My Second Granddaughter Arrives on Mother’s Day
Born four weeks early, Little Miss E was born 4 pounds 15 ounces, which is two ounces heavier than her daddy, a preemie born six weeks early.
Cooking Holistic Food due to my Hubby’s SIBO Agonies
If we lived on two acres of land, growing and raising our own food, we’d wipe out most of the ADHD, aches, pains, and illnesses of the present day.
Antique Cars at Fairfax Parade for Independence Day
Amidst all the busy, we carved out some time to bring some Independence Day to our lives, so I decorated everything I could.
Ode to our Sweet Siberian Fluff Ball who died in my Arms
Now when Miss M visits, she looks high and low then asks with hand gestures: Where kitty? Where cat go? Despite my explanations, she keeps looking.
My Son’s Rustic Barn Wedding with his Sweetheart
As they began to say their vows, raindrops fell but only for the briefest of showers…so the ceremony continued and they became Mr. and Mrs. to our great joy!
Sewing a Buttoned Bustle for a Wedding Gown
My son’s fiancee asked me to fix the awful alteration sewn by the bridal shop onto her gorgeous lacy wedding gown, that was about to fall apart.
Creating Silk Floral Bouquets for my Son’s Wedding
Learning how to make bouquets, corasages, and boutonnieres from a friend when my brother got married, I used the same techniques when my daughter got married.
