A license plate on the Monhegan Trucking truck.
A welcome site when you arrive to the island and need your bags taken to your location. It’s cool how the few trucks line up ready to take your bags. The Island Inn, the Monhegan House, Monhegan Trucking and others picking up mail, packages, etc.
They have it down to a science!
Back to normal posting next week – catching up after a week of being out with a cold. Back to the land of the living, woohoo!
The reason I’ve been posting photos is because I’ve been under the weather. 😷🤒Nothing drastic, just a horrible cold. This week I am feeling better, but playing catch up – so I will be back to normal posting next week! But… stay tuned, I have some great photos this week!
What do you tend to eat when you have a cold? I didn’t feel energetic enough to whip up a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, so Fred stopped on his way home from work and picked up some Egg Drop Soup from Red Orchids Bistro (in Charleston, SC). It was delicious. It lasted two days. It was perfect!
What else have I been eating? At first not much, too much time sneezing and coughing, but I did eat an orange each day which was delicious! Toast… scrambled egg, a lot of green tea, regular tea and fruit popsicles.
Wondering what YOU eat? Do you make something or order out? The ingredients in canned chicken noodle soup gives me the willies, yet it tastes the best, sadly. Unless you’re going to make your own of course!
More art, recipes and house plans next week…
Snapped a photo of a bouquet that was for sale at the Monhegan Farmers Market back in September – seemed to be the perfect “first day of Spring” photo!
Spring has Sprung! I think this forsythia is the perfect example of just that!
EVERYTHING is blooming right now, it’s beautiful!
Quite a “different” winter for us. Warmer than normal by quite a bit. Then when temps should be warming up we were cold. Just try to guess what the weather is up to, ha ha… Happy Day – back to normal posting next week!
Spring. Crazy to think Spring is just around the corner! March 20 to be exact…
Forsythia is the perfect flower to welcome the new season – it’s wide expanse of small yellow blooms will put a smile on your face!
Reminder – if you live in an area that observes Daylight Saving Time, be sure to set your clocks AHEAD one hour before you go to bed. You’re right… this is the time change where we lose an hour of sleep. But, the reward is that the days will be longer! Catch you back here tomorrow!
Growing up, this pie was a treasure that you could barely wait to come out of the oven, let alone cool. It is absolute perfection. This was another of my grandma’s recipes. I shared her Chocolate Pie recipe with you, and this Butterscotch Pie is just as amazing. To print the recipe, minus photos, click HERE!
I don’t make these pies often, but when I do, it takes me back to being a kid. My dad’s mom made the very best pies!
NOTE: A better photo is needed, I believe I snapped this on the second day right before it was getting ready to be eaten…
File this one away for a special occasion, save it to Pinterest – I keep a “Recipes to Try” board, that’s helpful when I tire of the same old thing and need something new!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Another photo from a walk – I love this view! Every time I walk by I wish I would have taken a photo, this time I backed up and took a shot, ha ha…
Happy Sunday – Catch you back here tomorrow!
My husband and I were headed out on a walk and ran across this beautiful scene. Look at the reflections of the bird on that beautiful blue water AND the wonderful reflections of the trees in the water. Wow!
We are so fortunate to live in an area where there is such beauty. Of course, beauty can be found anywhere, you just have to keep your eyes open for it!
Have a great Saturday and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow!
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Frozen Yogurt “Cookies” for Fido
Our dog has a history of Pancreatitis. Therefore he is on a strict diet of very, very low fat food and no “normal treats”. His treats are frozen green beans, carrots, crunchy lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkin “cookies” (frozen pumpkin), an occasional piece of pasta or two or brown rice. About a tablespoon, he loves!
To make these very easy cookies, just cover a cookie sheet with wax paper. Then spoon little spoonfuls of 0% Plain Greek yogurt (I used Fage) onto the tray. You can “decorate” with anything they can eat, for Charlie, peas and carrots are his #1 choice. Some I have made very fancy, ha ha…
Pop them into the freezer (NOT the oven!) until frozen solid, several hours or overnight, usually. Then pull out the cookie sheet and working quickly, put them into a container that can go into the fridge, I separate the layers with wax paper.
It helps to have another “treat” to offer! It makes me feel better, ha ha…
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Dancing tulips – simply beautiful! It’s so funny how they get close together at night as if they’re chilly, then during the day the spread out and look alive!
This table was a find while we were walking. The top is “aged”, ha ha… such cool lines to it. An unexpected treasure!
Back to normal posting with a house plan next week!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Today I am very thankful and blessed to have such a wonderful Valentine!
Happy Valentine’s Day Fred!
PS/ Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you too!! Wishing you a day filled with love and friendship. Valentine’s Day isn’t all about flowers, chocolate and dinner at a fancy restaurant. It’s about spending time with the people you love. Maybe even surprising someone who may not expect it. What better Valentine’s Day could there be?
Catch you back here tomorrow!
I loved being on the beach at Botany Bay in Edisto, SC. Like stepping back in time, just stunning. I use this image on my computer as my screensaver quite often.
Sometimes you just need to take a deep breath and think of something positive with all that’s going on in the world.
Catch you back here tomorrow!
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Sometimes we need to take a few minutes during the day to tune out whatever is going on in the world that causes stress and anxiety and think of something a bit happier.
Monhegan butterfly. Take a deep breath…
Catch you back here tomorrow!
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Image is from when Charlie was a puppy… He would go on running spurts through the house and jump up on the chair, caught him mid jump. This was before his hair got longer and fuzzy. Too funny…
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Flashback recipe… and a reminder that Valentine’s Day is NEXT WEEK! You can make a batch of these beautiful cookies and share with those you love!
It makes plenty, so you can pass them out as Valentine’s! WHO wouldn’t love that?? Decorate them however you like. I just had white, then tinted with a little red which made a pretty pink, then more red food coloring to get the deeper red color. Three colors and endless possibilities! You will have so much fun doing this! You can bake the cookies the night before and decorate the day of. There is no tastier cookie, it’s not just a pretty face!
Click for a link to the original post: Valentine’s Day Butter Cookies!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Visual Comfort 91025HAB Studio 34 Floor Lamp Image: Visual Comfort
It’s not always easy to find a fabulous floor lamp that not only looks great but also works well. I have found three. The 91025HAB Studio 34 Floor Lamp is fabulous, it can be traditional, but also fit well in a modern setting. It comes in a variety of finishes and it has a dimmer. So when you really need to read you can turn the light up, and when you just want ambient light that is beautiful, dim it as low as you like. It adjusts up and down and the arm swings back and forth.
Holtkoetter 9424 Lighting for the Aging Eye Floor Lamp Image: Holtkoetter
Lighting for the Aging Eye, you read that right. Brilliant, because for those of you over 40, you know how important good light is, and this provides just that. The Holtkoetter 9424 Floor Lamp is adjustable in height and the light swings how you want it. There is also a dimmer, which makes the gorgeous work of art even that much more beautiful!
Aerin Clemente Floor Lamp Image via Circa Lighting
The Arein Clemente Floor Lamp is another gorgeous lamp that we considered in a tight spot near a large abstract painting. This lamp is still on my radar it’s so sharp. I see many places that carry it are sold out in the white (shade) – there are different shade color options available.
There is nothing like good lighting!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
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