I don’t bake much anymore, but the holidays are here, and my daughter-in-law Jess likes my pound cake. So before Thanksgiving, I made sure I had plenty of butter, eggs, sugar, and flour and the special ingredient, almond extract, and set aside a morning to bake. The ritual of baking ties me to my mother,… Continue reading Holiday Baking
I was browsing through Pintage, our local gift/antique store in Calhoun, (which carries my book, by the way!) when a mug caught my eye. One side said Happy Fall, and the other showed a joyous Snoopy dancing with leaves falling around him. I don’t need any more coffee cups in my house, but on impulse… Continue reading Happy Fall from Snoopy
We are mid-October, and it is finally feeling like fall here in Northwest Georgia. My little vegetable garden is dried up except for a few green peppers that keep holding on, but the field behind our house is white. It’s not from snow—that would be very unusual for our neck of the woods — but… Continue reading The fields are white
I love a good funeral and we had one for my aunt Libby.
We are tomato rich at the Flake house right now. Each year I never know which plants will thrive in my vegetable garden. Last year I had cucumbers in abundance, the year before it was squash. This year it is the tomatoes. I planted 4 different varieties – Early girls, Better Boys, a cherry tomato… Continue reading Tomato Rich
Under the Magnolia Tree 