Grilled Corn Salad What a year this has been! Have you started to get together for socially distanced barbecues in the backyard or even on the driveway? I see that a lot these days and I love it! People need to get together and while that may look a little different these days, we can make it work. In April, Cindy, Mary Ann, and I hosted our first group of bloggers for a virtual progressive ...
An easy summer dinner on the patio
Dinner on the patio or a picnic all summer long, please! I love having a few recipes that I have made over the years and maybe I tweak it a bit or even substitute an ingredient, but it's a recipe you can trust. It's one your family loves but it's special enough to serve friends, both old and new! We don't eat a lot of red meat, so when we do it's either a really good burger or a filet. ...
Nine Bloggers Share their outdoor spaces
Rough Luxe Most Lovely Things Classic Casual Home EDB Designs Kelly & Co Home Modern Glam Northern California Style Shabbyfufu I shared our outdoor space in this post last year and it has not changed all that much, but we did work with Sherwin-Williams again this year! Last year we used Sherwin-Williams porch and floor enamel on ...
Make the most of your small garden
Make flower arrangements from a small garden We have a smallish house on a small piece of property located on a peninsula on The Long Island Sound in Connecticut. Even though the property is small, we make the most of it by planting perennials that do well like hydrangeas that can be used for cut flowers. This year I focused on plantings in the containers that could easily be used in small ...
How to make Pickled Red Onions
Last week I received some beautiful hand made tags and a card from a friend in California. We haven't actually met in person but through social media and a recent Zoom call with Sheri about essential oils. She knew I would love these tags and would put them to good use. Pickled Red Onions One for me and one for a friend! I chose a simple recipe that I could make with ingredients I ...
Have you made pesto lately?
Pesto: The pasta of summer Pesto is one of those things that I remember distinctly the first time I had it. I was in my twenties and we were having dinner with friends who worked with my husband at Surfer Publishing. They had a very cool cottage in Laguna Beach. At the time I probably did not appreciate just how cool and bohemian it was for the early 90s. Both are artists and so it makes sense ...