With Autumn in full swing, why not gather the family together for a Sunday brunch will all the warmth of a holiday without the pressure? With food that can be made ahead, inexpensive tableware and simple decorations, you can enjoy the day. On this post, I have a new recipe for you, and a reworked …
Category: Cooking
Mountain State Fair Quilts and Cooking
This has been one of my busiest weeks of the year, with several cooking contests in the evenings. I got my first ribbon of the season with the blueberry contest. I made a Blueberry Breakfast Parfait with vanilla Greek yogurt and homemade blueberry compote. It is really easy to make. I found some individual serving …
Sunday Chat and Mountain State Fair
This has to be my second favorite weekend of the year behind Thanksgiving!! Autumn is on the way, football season has started and the Mountain State Fair is in full swing! I get to bring out the fall quilts, change the wall hangings and get ready for the next three months of cooler weather, wearing …
Apple Season
Labor Day weekend is our local Apple Festival, the biggest event of our year. For four days, we celebrate our county's apple orchards. North Carolina is the 7th largest producer of apples in the US, and Henderson county provides 85% of the state's production. Downtown is closed to traffic and set up with orchard booths …
Welcome September
Finally, we turn the calendar page and it seems that fall may be coming. After miserable heat in August, I am looking forward to cooler days, wearing sweaters, the colors of autumn. Arising early, I love watching the view of the mountain ridges and valleys as it changes every day. The light in the early …
America’s 250th Birthday
America's 250th Independence Day is tomorrow so let's get ready to celebrate. We'll need some patriotic decor, and some great food to last through the holiday weekend. I started the decorating outside, by placing flags in the flower baskets. Shop your house for red, white and blue to make a festive table. For this table, …
Sunday Chat
It's been a fairly quiet week making for good days to putter around the house. Time for a new tablescape for summer. I decided on a chicken theme with fern green chargers and napkins. The bowls have roosters on the sides. These are mostly for salad in the summer, but a bowl of my Chilled …
Freedom Waves and Race Day
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend, as we celebrate our freedom today, and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice tomorrow. I have an exciting announcement today! My Freedom Waves quilt made with Benartex fabrics will be on display at Beginnings Quilt Shop in Hendersonville, North Carolina this coming week. They also have …
Sunday chat – Baking, Gardening, Quilting
The mountain laurel is in bloom now, and we have two large shrubs on our property. One is behind the house, the other on the edge of the meadow. I love these pink-tinged flowers with the red lines radiating from the center. My bargain New Guinea impatiens have doubled in size and are blooming well. …
Sunday Chat Mardi Gras and Birds
The Great Backyard Bird Count has begun, and I'm doing a count every day through today. The first day of the count, the local squirrels made an appearance for the first time in a couple of weeks. I had stopped making sandwiches for them as they would run off when I stepped outside. But this …
