Finding the Extraordinary in Everyday Life
Posted on February 24, 2019 by mrssmythe
This week, we’ll start with the cooking. Have you ever had the toasted ravioli at Olive Garden? We’re huge fans and were hoping to recreate the dish at home. Pepper found a wonderful copycat recipe. You can access it HERE. It’s not very difficult,…
Posted on February 18, 2019 by mrssmythe
We had another visit from the wild turkeys this week. If you look along the top of our back fence, you can see our turkey (the white one) sidling up to a wild turkey (the darker one to the right). At first we thought…
Category: Baking, Books, Chickens, CPT's Lens, Critters, Kitchen, Old Books, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: backyard chicken, backyard poultry, barred owl, Cheesecake Cookbook, domestic turkey, eggs, granola, guinea hen, homemade granola, Junior's cheesecake, Oatmeal Bread, pet guinea hen, pet turkey, Tightwad Gazette, wild turkeys
Posted on November 25, 2018 by mrssmythe
The Berkshires looked like a Christmas card this past week. CPT A captured some of the beauty while off running errands. Just magical! Not so magical…this broken snowblower: This is what comes of mice in the shed. And, it perplexes me, because I want…
Category: Books, Celebrations, Chickens, CPT's Lens, Critters, Old Books, Week in Review Tags: chickens, guinea fowl, It's an Old New England Custom, pumpkin pie, pumpkins, snow, snow blowers, Thanksgiving, turkeys
Posted on November 18, 2018 by mrssmythe
I took a step toward holiday decorating this past week by bringing up my “Winter Animals” from the basement. They’re festive, but not overtly Christmassy, so I figured I could sneak them in early. This year I added a strand of twinkle lights for extra…
Category: Books, Critters, House, Old Books, Seasons Tags: cats, knitting, Mr. Wa, opal, rabbits, Ruth Wakefield, Shetland Scarf, Toll House Cookbook, Tucson Pullover, Veteran's Day
Posted on July 11, 2017 by mrssmythe
The girls and I were back at Old Sturbridge Village last week. We planned our visit for the day after the Fourth of July because, if you’ve ever been to OSV on the Fourth, you know how congested it can be. Wanting to avoid…
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