The Clock Tower in Venice
Kris and I loved our tour of the Clock tower in San Marco. We met our guide in the museum and walked the length of the piazza to the little dark green door to climb the stairs. At first we … Continue reading →
Saturday Night Dinner–Valentines Day
Ken bought me a gift for Valentines Day–a cast iron fry pan, which I had been wanting for a while. My gift to him was dinner. We went together to the farmer’s market, seafood shop and wine store. It was … Continue reading →
Photo Hunt–Nautical
I’ve been absent from the photo hunts but they are a great way to get in a Saturday post. And since I have a lot of “nautical” shots it was very easy for me to find one that fit the … Continue reading →
Fantastic Photography
My brother in law, Bob Mayer, is an extraordinary photographer. He worked for the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Newspaper for a bunch of years, shooting news, editorials and amazing sports (The Dolphins and the Marlins), for which he won many … Continue reading →
The Camellia of the Week
This is an example of a petal with blotchy colors–here they’re (obviously) bright red and white. The flowers almost never have a fragrance. I don’t recall the name of this one but I do know that we bought it from … Continue reading →
The Cows are our Neighbors
Our house is on a large lot, about 1.6 acres. Lucky for us, our back yard ends at a fence which contains a cow pasture. They make great neighbors. They show up seasonally and they’ve been around the last few … Continue reading →
Book Group Follow Up
We had such a fantastic meeting last night that I decided to post a few pictures of our group. We even had a long discussion about the book! Here we are at Sarah’s table with her wonderful Fiestaware dishes. Se … Continue reading →
The LunaChics Literary Guild
I love our book group! Somehow we got the name of “LunaChics Literary Guild” but I don’t really remember how. We started meeting in October of 1992 when we read “The Crown of Columbus.” Almost everyone hated it! I hosted … Continue reading →
Saturday Night Dinner
First of all, I forgot to take a picture and I’m so sorry because this dinner was wonderful AND really pretty on the plate. I used a recipe from the current issue of Cooks Illustrated Magazine (my favorite cooking mag) … Continue reading →
Photo Hunt–Bridge
Well Venice came immediately to mind when I stared to think bridges. Here’s the Bridge of Sighs. To me, it means I sigh every time I see this picture because I wish I was back in beautiful Venice. As for … Continue reading →