DECORATING

The past week fall has made its presence known and I couldn’t be happier.  Days have been nice and cool with the evenings having that chill and smell in the air. Can you relate?  Do you notice during fall there’s a certain smell outdoors?  Between the crisp air, leaves and grass it has a certain…

Hi everyone, hope you had fun with the fireworks.  For me,  I DON’T like the whole thing.   Too loud and I hide right next to my Momma and Peanut. As you can see, I’m in one of my favorite spots.  Peanut says I’m boring but I love being right here to catch-all the action that’s going on, I’m VERY…

  For about 20 years John and I have enjoyed “Pizza Friday,” we love the tradition.   We try to change it up from regular red pizza to white one once in a while. When making white pizza it is a good idea to cook the dough for a bout six minutes 400 degrees.  …

It is a beautiful day here today and I thought I would share a fantastic and easy recipe with everyone.   I make this often, sometimes for dinner with something light on the side and many times as an appetizer. Pancetta, eggs and freshly grated parmesan cheese, I mean come on.   Freshly grated cheese…

I’m starting to get back to my love of cooking and baking.  I will be sharing recipes from time to time.  Besides painting and making projects, cooking and baking make me happy.  What can I say, I’m an Italian girl and we love to feed people.  Life is too short and you have to enjoy…

Hi everyone, hope you had a great Tuesday! John and I won this beautiful stained glass window on eBay in an auction several years ago.   It adds a nice touch of old world charm over the French doors on the kitchen leading out to the deck area. The plates you see over the windows…