A Celebration of Mundanity

Guacamole is crack. The avocado's I've been buying lately have been phenomenal! So small batches of fresh guacamole have been in the menu lately. We had steak with guacamole the other night and…

A pretty bouquet I put together from flowers in my garden of lilac, columbine, phlox, ferns and the unidentified white flowering bush from the side of my house: I love bringing fresh cut flowers…

Today I went hiking with George in the Quebec Run Wild Area in Fayette county. I had been meaning to hit this trail area for a couple of years now, but time passed, now I wish I had gone there…

I love potatoes as a side dish, particularly mashed potatoes loaded up on butter. But it always seems, no matter how much butter you pile on, and we like a lot of butter, it just doesn't make the…

I've been obsessing over cooking with pork tenderloins, they pan sear and oven roast quite nicely and are not so bad grilled either. Mark and I have both added to our sauce repertoire with a piece of…

I hit the trails with Judith today at Keystone State Park. Another well maintained set of trails that interconnected enough to give us options to explore. We hopped on the first blaze color we…

The park map illustrating the hiking trails is quite misleading for Boyce Park. There is one large loop on one side of the map, this must mean, "many inter-looping trails here." These were easy well…

Amazing perfect day for a hike at Racoon Creek State Park with Judith. I did not bring the GPS, but I estimate between 4-5 miles were covered. I have posted many photos of the wildflowers in bloom,…

In recent months I have not opened a single package of dry pasta. I have gotten into the habit of making fresh dough any time we want to have pasta. This is a simple, fast and easy recipe. It's just…

Today, Mark and I have been married for seven years. The copper and wool anniversary. We have had an amazing journey together through life so far and the coming year is promising to bring more…