The little table in the family room (we call it the den) is one of my favorite places to eat lunch. I’ve set it today for the two of us. Here’s your place … … but it looks like we have company! The cabbage dishes are tempting this brave bunny, just as they tempted me! Little bees have joined…
Mr. Fun is in Dublin. Right now! He stepped onto his hotel balcony and snapped this photo of his view, including the tower of Dublin Castle, for me to share with all of you! He travels to Ireland (lucky him) every quarter on business, and I (lucky me) reap the rewards when he finds goodies to bring home! He has…
No one will ever mistake me for a real cook. I do use the kitchen, and sometimes some delicious dinners show up on our table, like my chili or spaghetti sauce, and a few choice dessert items. And although cooking is not usually on the top of my FUN list, going to parties always is, and I heard Lynn…
The thermometer outside the kitchen window is trying hard to touch 50, and that means it is time to visit the cedar closet in the attic to find the summery things I tucked away last fall, when the thought of tweeds and wools seemed so cozy and comforting. Let’s gather my winter bags together to start the great seasonal switch. I can…
Winter has been wicked here. Today, March 2nd, my deck is still covered in a crusty snow. But SPRING is on its way. PLEASE! After a sinus and ear infection that literally knocked me off my feet with dizziness, a wild week of driving around New England in horrible weather seeing my two kids, and a weekend of college…
Even a cook like me can create a tempting dessert with cute bowls ~~~ ~~~ the best ice cream ~~~ ~~~ and the right toppings ! ~~~ Of course it helps to have the proper kitchen gadget !! One of my most favorite kitchen gadgets is this ~~~ ice cream scoop ~~~ which belonged to my grandfather. He came from Poland as a…
Swans have long been a symbol of fidelity and love everlasting. Seems like this winter is also everlasting. So I sent Mr. Fun outside to dig out our mailbox… (I’m expecting some LOVE letters 🙂) I set the table in the dining room. But the icy view was setting the wrong mood … … so I moved everything to the little…
It’s the YEAR OF THE RABBIT ! And even though there are buckets filling with water in many of my rooms and some newly hung wallpaper is saturated and peeling, let’s celebrate for this cute little fella! He’s a little shy, like those born under this asian lunar sign. He’s also lucky, gracious, kind, artistic and stubborn! Speaking of luck,…
My hopes for a sunny day were dashed when the sky over my house turned quickly from blue to gray. That can only mean more snow! Even when it snows, the birds find lots of goodies in my feeder. Inside there is another storm brewing on my kitchen table! I love snow globes! Imagine the little world inside. I kind…
Welcome to my home. My friends call me Nellie, although I answer to Nellie Belly, Nelle Belle, Miss Brown, Brown Beast, Smelly Nellie, Nellie Belly Burp (because I have been known to…), and most anything sounding like Treat or Ball. My official name is Naughty Miss Nellie Belle, in keeping with my ancestors who include Bad Buster Brown, Good…