Telling the Bees

“Marriage, birth, or burying,News across the seas,All your sad or marrying,You must tell the bees.” - Celtic Wisdom

Wordless Wednesday: Moses and his girls

Moses and two of the sweetest girls I know.

Scrumptious Grain Free Low Carb Nut and Seed Granola

James and I love breakfast cereal. Breakfast cereal does not love us. Especially if it contains oats. Oats hate us. How to have a delicious breakfast “cereal” without sacrificing our...

A Mighty Consolation

English: Map of Narnian world as described in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For a long time, this has been one of my most favorite passages from the Chronicles of...

What would the Founders do? And what should we do?

Reblogged from Poor Richards Almanac: Does this sound like any form of government you know? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their...

Moses the Cat

giant stray cat, a photo by Becca(at BrightHaven) on Flickr.

Becca and the Hat

Kitty on a Red Bench

Awww, Soap Nuts

Sapindus saponaria (Photo credit: João de Deus Medeiros) Who out there uses them? Tell me about them! Tell me what you like or don’t like. Where you buy them. Do you use something else? I really...

Calamondin Pudding Cake

Image via Wikipedia With all of my talk about low carb and keeping my blood sugar at a respectable level and what-not, one would think that I would not subject myself (or you) to yet another cake...

Too short

Source: wisuella.tumblr.com via Susy on Pinterest I suppose, in the end, we will find that life was too short as well. I hope to make the most of this beautiful, marvelous, epic time that I’ve been...

Carbs are Killing You…

Boudreaux and the Texan

#14 – Boudreaux and The Texan… Boudreaux once had a job as a taxicab driver in Baton Rouge. One day, he picked up a Texan on his way to the airport. When they passed by the LSU football stadium,...

Boudreaux and Clarence

#8 – Boudreaux & Clarence… Boudreaux lived across the bayou from Clarence, who Boudreaux did not like. There was no bridge or other easy way to cross the bayou so the two would argue by yelling...

For Mary…

Bee! I’m Expecting You Bee! I’m expecting you! Was saying yesterday To someone you know That you were due. The frogs got home last week, Are settled, and at work; Birds, mostly back, The clover...

Little Bit O’ Sunshine Cake

This is how I chose to combat lack of sunshine today: with a calamondin marmalade cake topped and filled with calamondin curd. This calamondin fruit is simply amazing. I’ve made marmalade, juice...

A sunshine girl in a cold gray world

Day #3 of gray chill. Supplies of Vitamin D appear to be depleted. Complete lethargy settling in. Need for hot beverages and foods becoming overwhelming. I need to check my bees! So many things...

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean- rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee, And...

Well, I can see…

Well, I can see that I didn’t blog yesterday, even though I had thought I would! Usually, I just throw a picture up for Wordless Wednesday and call it done. Maybe the fact that I had trouble...

The Non-Blogger and what she’s been doing

I don’t even know that I can call myself a blogger anymore, but I have all these nifty blogs floating around! I keep telling myself that I’ll do something more than the occasional tweet or flickr...

Wordless Wednesday: Dirt Farmer

Wordless Wednesday: Veggie Market Quilt Auction

New Year’s Day Traditions and Superstitions: What to Eat, Wear and Do for Good Luck on January 1st

Just in case you need a little reminding before the New Year officially begins.� Happy New Year to all!� May it be a blessed and a happy one.� New Year’s Day Traditions and Superstitions: What to...

I like…

Source: becauseitsawesome.blogspot.com via Shabby Roxanne's on Pinterest

Fashion Icons and Striped Socks

Earlier this week, I was watching a little bit of a Punky Brewster episode. I admired her cute little Rainbow Brite jacket…and her socks…and her shoes…when it hit me. Every bit of my sense of style...

Wordless Wednesday: St. Landry Parish Visitor Information Center

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Merry Christmas all!

Decorating for Christmas: BrightHaven Style

Here at BrightHaven, we put up Christmas lights and a Christmas tree each year–but we never go just all out. This year has been different, for some reason. We have tomato cage trees in the front...

National Biscuits and Gravy Day

Imagine my surprise this morning while perusing my twitter feed. I discovered that today is National Biscuit and Gravy Day! Since we had biscuits for breakfast yesterday, I simply toasted the...

Follow your Heart

A friend just sent me this quote and I thought I would share… Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face...