I took this photo years ago at Sweetwater, Tenn. one day on a family outing to the well-known dairy there. They make great cheese. :-) 

My mom made this salad often during the summer months when the garden produced a lot of fresh vegetables. It is a light, cold, and refreshi...

Variety is the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. Excerpt from "The Task" by William Cowper.

Psalms 103:5  Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ...

Psalms 92:13-15  Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring fort...

My husband is a good baker.  Several years ago he was making whole wheat muffins, and instead of the usual frozen blueberries he substitut...

Several years ago my Texas sister-in-law had an orange tree in a pot.  It produced a few oranges for them, and she wanted to share them w...

We bought this almond ring in Fredericksburg at a German bakery.  We brought it home to share with my family at a "tea time...

A friend of mine actually sent me a box of rhubarb from Michigan one year!  Talk about a kind act. :-)  We can't grow it here.

  Psalms 116:15  Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. In April of 2014 I posted a memorial to my great-uncle, Da...

  So, November is over.  Another Thanksgiving week has come and gone.  Ours was different from any we’ve had before, but I suppose one coul...

  Some time ago my husband made these cinnamon sticky rolls at my request.  He used his usual biscuit recipe, made them into cinnamon roll...

  Brisbane on another day.  Notice all the solar panels on the roofs in the foreground. In trying to think of something to post on the bl...

  Grandpa and Gramma in their yard at Gull Lake. This was taken a few years before this story starts. Gramma’s birthday was Fe...