We're getting into the Christmas spirit over here! Decking the halls, drinking warm drinks, and enjoying the smells of fragrant greenery. What are some of your favorite things this season?
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Our Favorite Things
We're getting into the Christmas spirit over here! Decking the halls, drinking warm drinks, and enjoying the smells of fragrant greenery. What are some of your favorite things this season?
Monday, June 27, 2011
Blueberry Love
This weekend Birdman, Little Bird and I attended a party this weekend waaayyy out in the country. It was a gathering to say good-bye to a young lady who just graduated from college and is on her way to a remote East European country for a year. Lovettesville is the home of our friends and they LOVEETTE there. Their home is surrounded by 10 acres and if Lisa had her way all of it would be garden-scaped. Check out their beautiful hydrangeas
These beauties are all along the front porch and are just glorious with all their big colorful moppy heads with their dark green leaves as a background. The colors range from deep and pale blue and some are lacking sulpher and sport a loverly shade of clear pink. To read about soil conditions which determine the different colors, read this
Lisa shared and a big bouquet of these gorgeous mop heads came home with us.
The gorgeous shades of blue reminded of my "Blue Bride" whose celebrating an anniversary soon. What a fun blue Howard County wedding!
Mr. and Mrs. Lovettesville have planted a dozen or so blueberry bushes which are loaded with the lucious ripe berries and they're such generous folks we came home with a container of the yummies. I can't tell you how many times Birdman and I opened the container on the long drive home to grab a handful. Mmmm....
Yesterday I made Blueberry Chutney and Lemon Thyme Shortbread Cookies and served them with brie and white wine. The evening was cool and breezy, unlike most late June Maryland evenings. A neighbor came over to enjoy the wine with Birdman, myself and Little Bird. The wine and apps led to a flank on the grill and to tell you the truth we just didn't want the evening to end. If you want to make the chutney or shortbread I found the recipes here
Here's to old friends, family, blueberries, neighbors and hydrangea love on a cool summer evening.
These beauties are all along the front porch and are just glorious with all their big colorful moppy heads with their dark green leaves as a background. The colors range from deep and pale blue and some are lacking sulpher and sport a loverly shade of clear pink. To read about soil conditions which determine the different colors, read this
Lisa shared and a big bouquet of these gorgeous mop heads came home with us.
The gorgeous shades of blue reminded of my "Blue Bride" whose celebrating an anniversary soon. What a fun blue Howard County wedding!
Mr. and Mrs. Lovettesville have planted a dozen or so blueberry bushes which are loaded with the lucious ripe berries and they're such generous folks we came home with a container of the yummies. I can't tell you how many times Birdman and I opened the container on the long drive home to grab a handful. Mmmm....
Yesterday I made Blueberry Chutney and Lemon Thyme Shortbread Cookies and served them with brie and white wine. The evening was cool and breezy, unlike most late June Maryland evenings. A neighbor came over to enjoy the wine with Birdman, myself and Little Bird. The wine and apps led to a flank on the grill and to tell you the truth we just didn't want the evening to end. If you want to make the chutney or shortbread I found the recipes here
Here's to old friends, family, blueberries, neighbors and hydrangea love on a cool summer evening.
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