Friday, July 10, 2020

A delicious-sounding quick bread recipe to try now

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I love a good quick bread recipe.  Banana bread, zucchini bread, cranberry bread -- I enjoy them all and I think they make particularly...
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Thursday, July 09, 2020

An encouraging link to help you prepare for Christmas during July

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  Yesterday I was delighted to see that one of my favorite bloggers, Whitney at Come Home for Comfort , had shared a post concerning prep...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Fun little gift for kids -- felt superhero masks

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I made two of these masks while on vacation in Nevada last week!  This is an older photo; the ones I just made were from the Iron Man typ...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Christmas in July sale at Smithsonian store!

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I get the emails from  Smithsonian Store and on July 4, they announced a Christmas in July sale.  Most of the items seem to be at least ...
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Monday, July 06, 2020

A simple but unique gift idea for older kids

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Most regular readers know that I've been cleaning out the family homestead.  Old magazines galore!  Some of them were Christmas magazin...
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Sunday, July 05, 2020

"Snowy Roads" ~ a simple Christmas poem

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I found this simple poem in the Christmas 1957 issue of Ideals magazine.  The author is Grace A. Buttrick.  The illustration above is ...
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Saturday, July 04, 2020

A few of my favorite red, white and blue Christmas cards

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So Christmas in July finds me on vacation in Nevada this year.  I'm blogging from my tablet, without access to my iPhoto library or m...
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Friday, July 03, 2020

Jack and Jill, December 1959

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Who remembers Jack and Jill ,  the children's magazine of years gone by?  I came upon this -- one of many issues of Jack and Jill --...
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Thursday, July 02, 2020

Chocolate Cherry Hot Cocoa

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Image by candoy i from Pixabay If summer follows in spring's chilly footsteps, it's even possible we could have some snow this...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Welcome to Christmas in July 2020!

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To be honest, I'm not even sure what Christmas in July is going to look like this year, but I am again going to swing open the door...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Christmas in July starts tomorrow!

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Yes, tomorrow is July 1!  As I have tried to do for a number of years now, I am planning to swing open the door to the Christmas kitchen ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Not much accomplished

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Well, it's the last day of April and I can't believe how little I have accomplished toward the goals I had hoped to have complete...
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Friday, April 10, 2020

Lighting up the darkness with vintage candles

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Here's a fun Christmas-related project that we recently did.  While clearing out the Christmas decoration storage area at my parents...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

A few thoughtful gifts from my Christmas season

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I know I didn't mention all of these things here previously, so here goes with a simple post sharing a few thoughtful gifts I receiv...
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