Our tables are all set for our Thanksgiving feast. We came up with beautiful fall hues of fresh fruits and small flowers as centerpieces. Here’s a little how-to for your own edible centerpieces. We went to our local market and…
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backyard lavender
My little girl had a sweet little idea. When she told me she wanted to make flower arrangements with lavender from our backyard, I told her to go for it. She took out a few little vases, used my twine…
beautiful butter
I took butter to another level for this post, with recipes of flavors and techniques that I’m sharing here in recipe format – complete with options to make vegan butter, beautiful too!
yellow & sunshine
The grounds of the Rancho Guajome Adobe in Vista, California, are lovely in late-April. The garden area was bursting with sunshine and blooming plants – making for the perfect back-drop for a special dessert table, along with a delightfully yellow…
ninety five years young
(Original post is from November 2013.) My children’s great-grandmother celebrated her 95th birthday this past week. We enjoyed a visit with lunch and I’m sharing her sweetness, along with the Green Tea birthday cake I made especially for her. I updated these notes and added photos in April 2021, as a tribute to Grandma Takashima.