There is a story behind these beautiful pieces of deliciousness! One of falling in love that will forever be cherished in this household. But while Starbucks no longer makes and sells these, and I no longer shop at Starbucks… They sadly entered my 3 strikes and your out list. I needed to find a wayContinueContinue reading “Fresh Milled Maple Oat Nut Scones – Better Than Starbucks”
Category Archives: Building Community
Apple Wine Discard Bread
Those of you that follow me on TikTok know that I have a brewer friend named Bob that is teaching me how to make apple cider vinegar from the apples I grew. While we are in the process and I will link some of the videos below what we are working with today is theContinueContinue reading “Apple Wine Discard Bread”
Baking With Grapefruit
I was given 3 grapefruits and I wanted to challenge myself to use them. But not just eat them. I wanted to see how much of the grapefruit I could use and what I could make with them. In years past I actually canned up a whole bunch of grapefruit with lavender in a low sugar syrupContinueContinue reading “Baking With Grapefruit”
Rustic Pear Tart
The easiest way to make an amazing rustic dessert people will love. I will put links to the making of this tart at the bottom of this post. Here’s the deal, we are all swamped with stuff to do and we see those pears that we slammed in the fridge in the hopes to slowContinueContinue reading “Rustic Pear Tart”
Growing up During World War II
With the way of the world going now, do you ever stop and wonder if your kids will be ok? How to get them through the turmoil if a war would hit us in these times? For years I have been fascinated with how people found the will and courage to survive during tough times.ContinueContinue reading “Growing up During World War II”
Today I show you how we looked inside many different model homes without even leaving the comfort of our own home.
Week 6 of Building a Hiline Home – Time To Submit For Permits
No seriously.. I put my purse on the counter and was so nervous and scared they have no idea how close I came to throwing up in it.
Building Community A Tea Party for Sweet Little Friends
I love to love on my friends.
Week 5 of Building a Hiline Home – Let’s Talk DEQ Inspections and Poop!
Fred… what were you thinking????
Week 4 of Building a Hiline Home – We Got Em!
This is our journey in the building of our dream home. It’s not paid by HiLine in anyway. All though I wouldn’t be opposed if they wanted to put a side garage door in for me… We forgot to add that in. Our journey is out of the Salem Oregon Office and as we spokeContinueContinue reading “Week 4 of Building a Hiline Home – We Got Em!”
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