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Baked Cauliflower Cream

This Baked Cauliflower Cream has been served at just about every Thanksgiving meal I can remember. This is a recipes that can be made ahead!

I love to give gifts at Christmas and simple handmade Christmas gifts are the best kind. This year we are cutting back on our gifts, instead I am working on making several simple Christmas gifts. In years past I’ve shared many of my ideas for simple Christmas gifts. I have made Friendship Soup Mix,Continue reading “Simple Christmas Gifts”

Best Ever Cheeseburger Soup

We can’t always enjoy a yummy cheeseburger for lunch instead mix up a batch of this delicious best ever cheeseburger soup.

Planting Daffodils

Fall is the time to be planting daffodils! The garden season has come to an end and most of the leaves have already fallen off our trees. The garden chores have been completed, the day lilies and hostas have all been cut back. Hoses and tomato cages have been stored for the winter along withContinue reading “Planting Daffodils”

Simple Salads: Pear and Bleu Cheese

Pear and Blue Cheese Salad is a perfect fall salad and I’ve even served it with our Christmas dinner before. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Knitting Pumpkin Hats

I recently spent several weeks knitting pumpkin hats. As you know our grandchildren were just here for a ten-day visit. I started knitting a pumpkin hat for my two-month-old granddaughter. It went so quickly I decided that knitting hats for my other grandchildren was in order. My husband thought the hats were so cute heContinue reading “Knitting Pumpkin Hats”

Exploring Vermont with Our Grandchildren

Exploring Vermont with our grandchildren was such fun. Recently we were blessed to have our two daughters and three grandchildren visit us for ten days. Having three children ages, 5, 3 and two months under our roof was exhausting, but I wouldn’t have traded the time for anything. It gave us the opportunity to doContinue reading “Exploring Vermont with Our Grandchildren”

Simple Soups: Butternut Squash Soup

Simple soups are delicious, Butternut Squash Soup is another favorite. This soup has curry and leeks, a perfect soup to use up some of my garden harvest.

Grammy’s Busy

I have to apologize but for the next two weeks my thoughts are going to be elsewhere! We have our two daughters and three grandchildren arriving early tomorrow for a wonderful Vermont fall vacation! The days will be full! I will do my best to be sharing a post here and there but I foreseeContinue reading “Grammy’s Busy”

Guilford Fair: An Old Time Town Fair

I grew up in the small shoreline town of Guilford, Connecticut. Every year we looked forward to the Guilford Fair. It used to be held on the Guilford Green and the town schools were closed the Friday of fair weekend. It was started as an agricultural fair and people would come from all over toContinue reading “Guilford Fair: An Old Time Town Fair”