A couple years ago I came across a recipe for Wild Blueberry-Cranberry Chutney. It’s become a favorite of mine when cranberries are available. It was Martha Stewart’s recipe. Wild Blueberry-Cranberry Chutney

Tuesday was a cold day. We started off at 17F and barely hit 30’s. You can see it’s very dry in here with the stoves going, only 20% humidity. I didn’t have much energy, as I stayed up late talking with

On Friday the carpenter was here for a couple hours and got the wood for the upstairs bedroom wall ready to install. That’s a long off rainy or cold day project, probably for his helper. But I wanted to

Thanksgiving morning found my brother up early and starting the turkey. Because the barn cats are “spirit” cats, I thought it best to feed them their Thanksgiving dinners in the morning when they are both

On Wednesday I got started with the dozen or more jobs I had to get done. Thawing out smoked maple bacon for Thursday’s breakfast, and some ground pork and beets for Wednesday’s supper was one of them.

On Tuesday morning I got started hanging the last of the ornaments and bulbs on the tree and then I put away all the boxes. I managed to break 2 ornaments, either knocking them off or dropping them. I’ve

On Monday I got lucky and the senior center van could take me at 9AM to get the shopping done for Thanksgiving. I’d found my cornucopia horn when excavating the closet for the Christmas stuff. I’d not

On Sunday morning I was up as usual and got my 2 posts up. They were big ones and took a while. I ate breakfast late and sat down for a minute and next thing I knew I’d been asleep until 10:30. I guess

Saturday morning I was up at 3:30AM as usual and got started checking the 14+ strands of lights to make sure they all worked. Then I checked the 13 strands of bubble lights to see if they would light.

Some impressions from our "lazy" vacation on Corfu Island. As it has about 35 degrees every day, we have no other chance than lying on the beach and relaxing all day long. 😉