As the temperatures dip to freezing in some areas, our roses in South Carolina are still blooming. These are a few shots of Lia’s winter roses for Wordless Wednesday. As for the temperatures dipping, we are on a road trip today to Indiana where the temps will be quite different than here! I wonder if I can find roses or other flowers to photograph on our trip. That’s it short and sweet, hope you take time throughout your day to stop and smell the roses or other flowers in your
Lia and I made the most delicious cinnamon bread and the best way to eat it is warm from the oven! It takes ingredients that are usually in every kitchen and it’s quick and easy to make. The only ingredient you might not have is buttermilk but I have added a recipe to make buttermilk from regular milk and vinegar below. Ingredients 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar ¼ cup butter softened 2 eggs 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 tablespoons brown sugar 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon Don’t have any buttermilk, no problem! Here is how
It seems to get harder and harder to pick out gifts for others, yes there are always gift cards and money but how can you make money gifts a bit more creative than just putting cash in an envelope? This has been a fun challenge to come up with different ways to surprise the recipient when giving money as a gift. First I want to show you some past money gift ideas I’ve made. It’s fun, creative and I love to see the expression on the receiver when they open
For the beginning of the Ultimate Blog Challenge I’m sharing some g tips with you. These are a great refresher for “seasoned” bloggers and hopefully will help with any newbie bloggers. I use WordPress and these tips work for this platform but not sure about any others. Control Z The number one tip is useful if you ever make a mistake and hit the wrong key and you wipe out your entire blog that you are writing! As long as you haven’t typed any thing after your blog disappeared, just
It’s not only the first Ultimate Blog Challenge for 2022 but it’s also the FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR!!! The Ultimate Blog Challenge is put together by our wonderful host, Paul T. four times a year and this month’s challenge is super exciting and special for me. I have participated AND completed each challenge since January 2016! If I complete (or should I say when) this challenge I will have 25, yes TWENTY FIVE consecutive Ultimate Blog Challenges under my belt! So this will be my Silver Anniversary blog