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Monday
Jun172013

Clothes Moth Alert

Finally, a moth trap that collects moths that destroy your woolens!

Several weeks ago I placed traps in a closet filled with winter clothes. Today I found several moths stuck to the inside of these devices. No terrible odor such as that associated with moth balls. Clothes Moth Alert simply does the job of collecting these pests. Love this product!

Ordering more from Amazon now.

 

Thursday
Jun132013

Easy Chalkboard Door

Or wall.  Or outside fence.

tutorial

Wednesday
Jun122013

Oprah's Commencement Speech at Harvard

Well done.  Well worth your time.

Monday
Jun102013

Vintage Fourth of July Party

I could imagine doing one of the following things. Maybe. Definitely not all in the same year. And not without a lot of help. Still it's fun to know that someone actually created this amazing spread.

I adore the wrapped hot dogs. Michaels must have decorative papers such as those in the photo. And I know I could find coffee filters. And flags. And cherries and berries. 

It's going to be a fine Fourth.

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Found on Pinterest.

Monday
Jun102013

Where the Wild Things Were

One more from We Heart Art. This is one creative teacher. Check out Joanna's other lessons. Excellent explanations as well as results. Obviously all were very inspired. 

Sunday
Jun092013

Kinder Kandinskys

 This is a terrific site. So many, many creative art ideas for summer fun. More of my favorites to come this week.

Again, dig deeper on We Heart Art.


Sunday
Jun092013

This Is Your Brain on Coffee

Sunday
Jun092013

20 Posts to Help You Make the Most of Summer

This is an excellent article filled with tons of links to great resources.

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Saturday
Jun082013

GoCar Tours in San Francisco

I really want to do this. Do you think I will live to tell about it?

I'm a good driver but is everyone else?

I really, really think this looks like great fun.

Want to come along?

Let's celebrate life.

Friday
Jun072013

Where the Wild Things Are

Could anything be cuter for your child's party?

instructions and photos of this terrific party

 

Friday
Jun072013

Animal Alphabet Card Art

Here's darling idea to help fill all the free hours you have. Yeah, right. I'm thinking that these could be strung across the room with clothes pins on a clothes line.

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Friday
Jun072013

Mending Moth-Munched Favorites

I spotted this idea on Pinterest and tracked down a source for the solution. Just in time/before tossing a few favorites.

And then I remembered an earlier post. I adored the sweaters I created using the technique outlined on Martha's website.

And there was this iteration. 

Check them all out before tossing your favorite woolens.

Thursday
Jun062013

Soft, Absorbent, Durable and Affordable

From my friend, Anne: "You might enjoy this site and want to bookmark it. It has "the best of everything" categories. They don't cover tons of categories, but they do seem very good. I liked their suggestions in some of the categories where I am thinking of purchasing. easy links to Amazon, etc., for actual buying."

 Well worth investigating, don't you think? 

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Thursday
Jun062013

Tovolo's King Ice Cube Trays

These are my favorites, too.  They're deep enough to accommodate edible flowers, citrus and/or herbs to the water and, once frozen, to your favorite beverages. 


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Thanks, Anne, for this link.  I agree about these trays.  Love them.

Also available on Amazon.

 

Tuesday
Jun042013

Sunscreen Each Day Stops Wrinkles

Tuesday
Jun042013

Kale, Edamame and Quinoa Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

We had this for dinner tonight/loved it as a fresh/healthy/pretty summer salad.  I hope you enjoy it, too.

link to recipe

Monday
Jun032013

Don't Bypass This Bean

Have you ever grown fava beans? We had not. Until this year. The plant is like nothing I have ever encountered. And our large crop was ready to harvest this week.

Dave found the following recipe in The Wall Street Journal. It was our starting point.

I was worried. They looked a lot like another bean I knew too well from childhood. Lima beans. He loves them. I hate them.

I tasted. I fell in love. WSJ recipe 

And because I adore garlic, I might add more than the recipe recommends.

While enjoying, I was also checking out variations on Epicurious/toasted bread with olive oil/that's tomorrow's dinner.

See Epicurious/I do not like peeling things. But when peeled, they are a gorgeous, vibrant green.

Epicurious recipe. 

Note the fact that they peeled the fava beans.  We did not. I would next time.

Friend SR had a good suggestion: rather than bread, serve with endive. Love that idea. 

Tuesday
May282013

Stars and Stripes Swimsuit

On sale at CWDKids.

Monday
May272013

Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food

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Thanks, Barb. More reasons to grow your own or at least support those farmer's markets who do.

Sunday
May262013

Five-Star Camping

While we camped our way across the country as kids and backpacked the Sierras as young adults, Enjoying the Great Outdoors via Five-Star Camping is having greater and greater appeal.


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