Cantaloupe Soup
When I made this soup recently and a friend had her first sip…the look and sound…well I don’t know if I dare put a rating on it! Let’s just say that she really enjoyed it!!! Chilled cantaloupe soup is the perfect summer dessert! I like serving it in one of my grandmother’s “Bridal Wreath” china […]
New Find: Ongoing Series of Barb and Carole’s House Finds
Estate properties with luxury pool areas…porch additions…condos with amazing storage spaces. Do you love looking at interesting homes even if you are NOT thinking or even considering buying right now? Perhaps you love getting ideas for bathrooms, kitchens or just seeing a totally fabulous home! Barb and I encounter interesting properties all of the time. […]
Creamy Wild Mushroom and Parsnip Soup
Every Thursday is when we have, delivered to our front door, fresh veggies from Bryson Farms in Shawville, Quebec. This has been a real Godsend, particularly through Covid. When other people are checking to see where that Costco veggie came from that may be contaminated, we KNOW that ours is safe because of where it […]
New Find: The iRobot
How pleasing is it to have a friend ask who your housecleaner is and to be able to reply “we do not have a house cleaner!” She had rescued Barney’s toy (Barney is our family member with 4 legs. See his picture below!) from under the couch. No dust or dirt to be found! I […]
Chiles Rellenos Squares
Do you have recipes that you just keep making over and over again? For years? I first had this recipe in Saint John, N.B in dinner club and have made it ever since! It is actually sitting in my freezer at this moment after a last minute dinner cancellation in December (yes…Covid related cancellation) and […]
New Find: A History of Graves
The Find A Grave website is my find of the month, discovered when I started working on my family tree during Covid, and on these long weekend nights with no outings. It is wonderful to be able to search through the cemeteries and discover family history. And in most cases being able to view photos […]