Look who presented themselves for our delight as the snow melted . . . the hellebores ‘suddenly’ appeared as it had blossomed UNDER the snow and were hidden until it melted – sort of like an archaeological dig! One of our miniature roses [...]
We just couldn’t help ourselves in adding the final touch to the kitchen update. We have always disliked the interrogation-like overhead lights about the prep table so since we were already in a bit of an electrical tear-up, we [...]
Twenty-eight years ago we painted the kitchen walls and cabinets for OUR first time, then over 15 years ago artist and friend Dolores Ashkar infused her unique penchant for artsy-fartsy painting coupled with our color visions to create the movement [...]
The Food Bank crew went way out on a limb this week in tackling what were ‘reported’ to be veal shanks. By the looks of the size of these monstrosities, maybe they were dinosaur shanks?! First, we roasted them (taking [...]
Here we are towards the end of January and out come the snow shovels and sidewalk salt, the thundering silence of falling snow, and just a handful of the most intrepid visitors . . . [...]
Sometimes later in the evening when we are dimming some lights and heading for bed, it has been memorable to catch a glimpse of our little dude making himself at home. I just sit down quietly in the darkened atrium [...]
Time’s fun when you’re having flies is another way of saying that time sort of gets away from us from the inception of an idea/vision to its completion. In the case of a repaint of the Maid’s Suite Back addition [...]
We think that perhaps we have hit a homerun with the placement of Skinny’s igloo outside the atrium door and the addition of a heating pad in his digs, especially critical and hopefully attractive as we enter a temperature dip. [...]
I honestly had to shake myself when it occurred to me that we have been participating in the Jerome Food Bank every week for ONE ENTIRE YEAR as of the first Wednesday in January. What an honor and privilege to be a [...]
As the nights grow colder, our furry friends are busier than ever getting their good eats as you can see in the antics of the acrobatic youngster above. Also, in the ever-continuing saga of the perils of our raccoon friend [...]
