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Christmas time is here
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Merry Christmas! The Christmas tree at my parents house is a patriotic tree with ornaments from the White House and other red, white and blue baubles. We gathered at my parents house last night for our annual Christmas Eve traditions. Santa even paid us a visit Christmas carols sung by Kirk and Mladen We…
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Gift ideas for the Wire Fox Terrier lover
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Christmas shopping is upon us…and I am way behind. As I was unpacking our decorations I came across a cute book that reminds me of Belle, our female Wire Fox Terrier. Olive, The Other Reindeer looks like a Wire Fox Terrier but she might be a Jack Russell, either way she is super cute.…
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Weekend musings
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In between Thanksgiving feasts and getting our Christmas tree I did a photo shoot with our two Wire Fox Terriers. The goal was to get a photo worthy of our Christmas card and out of 80 plus shots none of them made the cut. I did get some cute pics of Cooper and Belle,…
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What’s on tap at the pub
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…and knowing which type of tap you need Thirsty Thursday Cooper at the bar I have not been home brewing lately so we have been buying commercial kegs to keep our kegerator flowing. We went on a mission to find one of our favorite German beers, Franziskaner, in keg form. Our local German restaurant…
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Bourbon Sour
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Yesterday I was looking for an autumnal cocktail that included bourbon and apple cider to try. My first thoughts were of a toasty drink in a mug that would be great on a brisk evening. It is 80 degrees here in sunny California so we were toasty enough. I settled on a Southern classic…
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Mint Julep – in my new favorite cup
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This year we celebrated our seventh anniversary and I actually wanted to find a gift per one of the suggested anniversary present charts. On one chart I found copper listed as the traditional gift for the seventh year of marriage and I immediately knew what I was going to purchase. Inspired by this tradition,…
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In Bruges
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The view from our hotel window Cedric here reporting from Belgium. Must sees and dos: The Ghent Altarpiece: 1432 oil on wood, one of the most famous work by Jan van Eyck from Web Gallery of Art Madonna of Bruges: 1504, The only sculpture of Michelangelo to leave Italy during his lifetime. Magritte Museum,…
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Hump day dinner
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It’s Wednesday night, what’s for dinner? I have dreamed about this meal while I was at work and it turned out perfectly. Just what we needed to get over hump day. Have you ever planned a meal around a drink? This meal was planned around beer! Frosty mugs and all An easy one skillet…
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Mosaic Dining Table
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What to do when you find that a gust a wind causes your market umbrella to shatter your glass patio table? Well you could have a piece of glass or acrylic cut to fit. But that’s not very fun or interesting. While we were picking up the tiny pieces of tempered glass I had…