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Do you have a list of places you really want to see before you die? Like a bucket list for travel? I do. I love to travel, every time I go someplace new, I gain some sort of new perspective {It’s all very deep and meaningful. Ha.}, and each new place gives me chance to experience life Read More >>
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This morning I whipped up a batch of raspberry freezer jam. I LOVE canning. But freezer jam? Heck ya! This stuff takes all of about 10 minutes to make. Plus, it doesn’t heat up the kitchen. Who wouldn’t love that? Here is my fast and easy raspberry freezer jam recipe: Ingredients 2 pounds fresh raspberries 1 Read More >>
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Last month One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Anastasia shared pictures of her parents amazing garden in Glazov, Russia. Well since then her dad has been reading my blog and wanted Anastasia to some pictures of his baby quail with you. Here is what Anastasia had to say: Hi Mavis! Since you posted my parents’ Read More >>
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Last night before bed I went to bed I watered the greenhouse vegetable garden. If you don’t do garden chores in your pajamas, you should reconsider it because it’s really a lot of fun. Plus it makes the neighbors who stare at you through their back windows {because they don’t have cable?} think you are Read More >>
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After collecting some baby potatoes yesterday I decided to make creamed peas and potatoes. If you’e never made creamed peas and potatoes from scratch before, let me tell you Bob, this stuff is good. There is absolutely no comparison to the frozen stuff in the box. In fact, once you’ve had the real thing, you’ll Read More >>
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It’s silly, but I’ve never really given a ton of thought to things that were designed for one single purpose–like dryer sheets. I’ve thrown them into the dryer for years without a second thought. Lately, though, everything I touch, I wonder, what else I could use them for around the house? AND, wouldn’t you know Read More >>
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While I was in San Francisco touring gardens with my buddies Harriet and Ryan, I couldn’t stop taking pictures of container gardens. Although a lot of the plants were beautiful, more often than not I found myself snapping pictures of all the clever little ways people had filled their pots instead of the flowers that Read More >>
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Have you ever gone on vacation and taken way too many pictures? Well that’s what happened when I cam home and noticed I had taken over 400 pictures of an estate named Filoli which sits just 30 miles outside of San Francisco, California in the lovely town of Woodside. If I was ever going to Read More >>
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