We have been blessed with a houseful of company for the holiday! Hope your home is brimming over with joy this day. What are you doing for the fourth? Are watching the fireworks in your plan? Most years we would travel to the DC area to watch the display. This year, we have had so much fun at home with company! But, I can hardly think of this day without thinking of the large box of fireworks I found in the garage one year entitled:The You Should Know Better AssortmentYes. The ... Read More about Happy Independence Day!
Parmesan Grits Casserole
Happy 4th of July week! Hope you have a great week celebrating Independence Day! Since we have a full week, I'm sharing another treasure from my drafts folder. This short and sweet entry is from 12/3/2009 when my sister-in-love gave me the Come To The Table cookbook. I am blessed with wonderful sisters-in-love. I hope you are too! Family is such a gift!I remember this casserole was really good. We are big fans of grits here. And cheese.Happy week, my ... Read More about Parmesan Grits Casserole
For the Love of Lamp Lights – Mayes
Finding beauty in unexpected places this last week. May you, my friends, do the same.Look up. ... Read More about For the Love of Lamp Lights – Mayes
Birthday Week and the Raspberry Laced Vanilla Cake
Since I am recovering from a full and fun birthday week, I am going to share some pictures of the cake that for countless years has been part of the birthday celebrations at our home. If you've been joining in here for a while, you too know the Raspberry Laced Vanilla Cake! It's like it needs it's own marquee - it is seriously that good!However, you know that I've been on a sugar free journey for the last year and a half and this cake did not make an entrance this year, because, I ... Read More about Birthday Week and the Raspberry Laced Vanilla Cake
For the Love of Lamp Lights – Bridge over the Tennessee River
Happy weekend, friends!I enjoyed the light in the clouds after we had a business dinner in Knoxville this week. And look at the lamplights on the Gay Street Bridge! They were added in 2003 as part of a 16 million dollar renovation. As as a lover of architecture, I've got to mention that this cantilever bridge is set on stone piers and is the last of its kind standing in the United States.Look up! ... Read More about For the Love of Lamp Lights – Bridge over the Tennessee River