A few years ago, a friend gave me a home made jar of this stuff. It’s great for dry skin in winter. I’ve used it ever since. I thought you might like to make some yourself. Here’s the recipe. You can get all the stuff online or at Walmart. 13 ounces of Vaseline Petroleum …
It’s not your traditional holiday flower, but it’s blooming, and that makes me happy! I love indoor flowering plants. I’ve get a few orchids, the African violet and a Christmas cactus. The cactus is starting to bud, so it might be flowering on time. One of the orchids just finished a bloom cycle, and another …
I love a good BTL with toasted bread, crisp bacon and a ripe, homegrown tomato. But sometimes I’d rather skip the bread. Here’s a BLT variation that I also love — and without the carbs. Just use leaves of romaine lettuce and tuck the good stuff inside to make a BLT lettuce wrap. For some …
It’s National Apple Day! And it’s the only season I can find the best apples — SweeTango! I discovered this variety several years ago at the Cornell University Orchard in Ithaca, NY. They are soooo good. But they’re hard to find. I found them this year at my local Sprouts. If you get a chance, …
Until this week we could have sworn we were still in summer. Then we had a frost warning. The weatherman cautioned us to cover our tender plants. We had to switch the air conditioning and 90 degree days to turning on the furnace. How quickly times change! In a few days we’ll have to drag …
October 3, 2023 Sally Jadlow Comments 0 Comment The rain we had a week or so ago really kicked the okra into high gear. I only like it fried, except if it’s pickled. Boiled is too slimy for me. I tried a canned recipe last year with a slice of lemon in it. It wasn’t my favorite, so …
I’ve been busy harvesting the seeds from my garden of zinnias and cosmos. Hoping that I can plant the seeds in the spring and have another robust and colorful patch of flowers next year. I have so many destructive squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits around my yard that I never know from one year to the …
I’ve read a couple of really good books recently and highly recommend A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner and Someone Else’s Shoes by JoJo Moyes. A Fall of Marigolds has an interesting historical timeline and focuses on two American tragedies. I loved the camaraderie and women-against-the-odds aspect of Someone Else’s Shoes. Both have well-developed …
There’s always a chance of seeing some wildlife in Colorado. We often see deer. We always see hummingbirds as well as many other varieties of birds. Once, we had a fox on our front porch. But on our most recent trip to Colorado, we had a surprise visitor. We’re sad that we didn’t get to …
Summer is always a welcome time of year for me in so many ways. But as the kids return to school, I remember one particular reason I welcome summer: my morning commute. The summer commute is free of school traffic, school zones and school buses. When the kids go back to school, the morning commute …