Gardening is one of many hobbies that I enjoy and I have a lot of favorite flowers–roses, hydrangeas, azaleas, camellias (basically all the Southern classics) and last, but certainly not least, daylilies. Not to be confused with true lilies, such as the Easter Lily, daylilies are considered by many to be the perfect perennial. With […]

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a full year since my first blog post, but another year has flown by and it’s the season of endings and beginnings once more. I started the blog last year with a post about graduations and now, as I write this post about a graduation, I’m […]

A Personal Project Shoot Spring is now in full swing…the garden has come alive again, the pollen is killing our allergies and there seem to be babies everywhere! When my cousin Cassie told me she was getting some more baby chicks this year, I jumped at the opportunity to hatch a plan for a chick/Easter-themed […]

It’s no secret, to anyone that knows me, that I love lemons. I love lemon juice in a glass of ice cold water in summer, I love lemon slices roasted in a pan with a chicken for supper and I especially love lemon curd on a fruit tart or dolloped onto a crisp meringue. This […]

Several years back I happened upon a recipe for a quick and easy version of the classic Italian recipe tiramisu. The recipe called for Kahlua, coffee liqueur, as many standard tiramisu recipes do. The only problem was I could not find said coffee liqueur anywhere. My parents happened to have a bottle of Cognac lingering […]