Thanks to Mental Floss I have a new source of random facts. I love little bits of useless knowledge that I promptly forget. For the moment I enjoy and revel in the knowledge and if I write it down I can hopefully find it later. Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: August 2024
My Favorite Mediterranean Salad Recipe
I love a good salad and sometimes the most simple salads are the best ones to recreate at home. Our Clubhouse Grill at Connestee Falls has the best Mediterranean salad that I have found and time and time again I get this plate of goodness Continue reading →
Backyard Friend
I have shared many of our backyard friends over the years. We do live in a pretty amazing and beautiful place and count ourselves very, very fortunate to live where we do. One of our favorite visitors is the white squirrel. We have plenty of Continue reading →
Loafing Around on Teapot Tuesday
I really need to learn to read descriptions a little bit better. I can not tell you how many times I have purchased something online and when it arrived been surprised that it is not exactly as I thought it would be. That has been Continue reading →
What’s On Your Camera Roll?
Time for another edition of What’s On Your Camera Roll. Today’s offerings of course include cats and food. Those are the pictures that seem to dominate my phone camera. Maksim turned 5 last week and got a new toy so of course he had to Continue reading →
Australian Attire
I went down a rabbit hole of sorts today and went back to start rereading when I started this blog in 2008 when we were in Australia. Well, one post led to another to another and before I knew it I was reliving those days Continue reading →
More from Rock City Gardens
As promised (I know you have all been waiting with baited breath) I thought I would share a few more photos from our trip to Rock City, Tennessee. It was such a fun day exploring the nooks and crannies and I marveled at the creativity Continue reading →
The Recipe Box
Take a look at that feature picture at the top of the blog today and you will see recipe cards that span the years and the locations of my life. I was just musing to Chris the other day that we have had such great Continue reading →
Tea – Australian Style
As many of my readers know, Chris and I lived in Australia for about a year. I was scrolling through old posts and found one that was from when we went to a tea plantation and Coffee Factory and thought it would be fun to Continue reading →
A Trip to Rock City Garden
On our anniversary trip we did ALL the touristy stuff and it was great. The trip to Tennessee centered around seeing Ruby Falls and Rock City. Our trip to Rock City to see the gardens was inspired by seeing all of those signs along highways Continue reading →