Dress Your Dog For St. Patrick’s Day Photo Credit Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? If you’re celebrating, why shouldn’t your dog celebrate too? Whether it’s a good warm coat when the March winds blow, or only an accessory like a bandanna, get in the mood and dress your dog for St. Patrick’s Day. There are green […]
Photo Credit Oh, The Wonders To Be Seen! Up In The Air on Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is a special day for lovers, who often give each other gifts to signify their love. But what if you had an opportunity to give a unique gift, one that was more than a box of chocolates […]
Photo Credit Celebrate Bubble Gum Day Happy Bubble Gum Day…yes, it really is a celebration in February Bubble gum…remember all those times when you were a kid and you chewed wads of bubble gum and tried to blow the biggest bubble of all? Oh, and remember all those times when Mom yelled at you for […]
Homer For The Holidays – A Christmas Pug Tale Photo Credit Give A Gift of “Homer For The Holidays” Nancy Levine has allowed Wilson the Pug to tell his tail, uh….tale, with her technical assistance, and Homer For The Holidays is a result of “doing the right thing,” especially when you’re a noble pug. Homer […]
Thanksgiving Table Decorations Sometimes I feel that Thanksgiving gets the “short end of the stick” when it comes to recognition and decorations. I think the reason for that is that Christmas comes so quickly on its heels, that we feel it’s too much to decorate for both things. But decorating can be easy if you’re […]
Photo Credit Easy Fruitcake Recipe If you love good fruitcake, here’s an easy recipe that’s really delicious, with that wonderful flavor you’ve come to expect at Christmas or holiday time. The cake is filled with candied cherries, apricots, pineapple and pecans. This isn’t the traditional fruitcake with candied citron, which is what many don’t like about […]
Photo Credit After Halloween Cookie Bars Halloween is well on its way. The stores are putting out their Halloween merchandise, and all the ghosts, goblins and superheroes costumes are making their appearance. Your little monster, princess, dragon, ghost, zombie or any other kind of ghoul chosen for the night, will be wending his or her way […]
Celebrating Halloween? Let’s Have Some Ghostly Guests! Halloween is the first of our Autumn holidays, and the kickoff to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Of all the Halloween decorations available to us, I like the ghosts. Every year I make it a point to use these little spirits to decorate my yard. The best ones are […]
Photo Credit Origins and Myths of The Easter Lily Beautiful trumpet shaped white flowers, Lilium Longiflorum, native to Japan, are commonly called Easter Lilies in North America and other parts of the world. They are seen in profusion in flower markets, stores, and florists during the Easter season. From ancient times, these lilies are mentioned […]
Photo Credit Christmas, 1944 Christmas of 1944 is a memory that often comes back to me, especially around the holidays. My mother, like many women of that time, worked in a defense factory in another city and state. I was five years old and my sister was my caretaker most of the time, except in […]
