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Happy Fourth of July

I hope you have a wonderful Fourth of  July.  The above photo is from a trip to Port Hadlock, Washington that we took yesterday.

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Happy Easter

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

We began our Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations yesterday.  I cooked corned beef and cabbage in the crock pot.  It turned out great, but the house had an interesting aroma during the first half of the ten-hour cooking time. The celebration continues today.  The Man of the House is making sandwiches with potato bread and the [...]

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Happy New Year

The parents of the Man of the House sent us a special treat for the holidays.  We received a box of  hagelslag.  They’re dark chocolate sprinkles that the Dutch put these on buttered toast. To be honest, it was the first time I’d tried hagelslag.  We’d had it in the house before, but it’s a [...]

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Merry Christmas!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!  In honor of the day here are a few quotes appropriate for the day. The host had gone below to the cellar, and had brought up bottles of ruby, straw-coloured, and golden drinks, which had ripened long ago in lands where no fogs are, and had since [...]

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An Early Halloween

A few weeks ago I started reading The Taking by Dean Koontz.  Things have been hectic because of the move.  I looked forward to relaxing with a good book. The book is about a couple who live in a house surrounded by pine trees. Their house stood high in the San Bernardino Mountains, embraced by [...]

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Happy Fourth of July

I hope you all have a happy and safe Fourth.  Just in case you’re thinking about a salad for tomorrow’s cookout, take a look at these: Mom’s Shrimp Salad Black Bean and Corn Salad Three Bean Salad Cherry Delight

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