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A winter storm moved into central Texas early morning with frigid temperatures, sleet, and snow. Schools are closed, as are many businesses, because of icy conditions, and I don't plan to leave the house. The post below was first publised in January 2014. Considering today's weather, I decided to share and ask again: What do you like to do on a snowy day? Ski down powdery slo...
January is a month of fresh beginnings. I enjoy the sparseness of things after the tree is down and other Christmas decorations are packed away till next December. To start off the new year, I gave the buffet a simple vignette with a small painting, a touch of greens, and a favorite MacKenzie-Childs vase filled with peonies. The vase is the Cheltenham Thistle Vase. It fe...
This post was originally created in 2013, but considering the frigid temps that are gripping many of us this first week of January, I'm taking the liberty to share it again. I hope it will warm your spirits! A special request of my readers, I'm in search of more tartan dinner plates I used on this table. They are Target's 2010 Classic Tidings. Please let me know if you have any you want to p...
The summer we married, my husband was in graduate school, and I was employed as a teacher. We took a portion of our savings that summer and purchased a sailboat. We christened our Catalina 22, “Hyacinths For The Soul” after Saadi’s poem. Our "Hyacinths" provided years of pleasure. We continue to cherish the extras of life as food for our souls.
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