A cup of chaos…

Spring draws near.  The singing of birds, the irises pushing their young greens up towards a sun still deciding if it wasts to shine or play hide and seek behind clouds of grey.
Trees think of budding.  The ground is warming.  The pests of spring are awakening while cats/kittens seek the sunbeams shining onto wooden floors.
It’s [...]

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The ingredients flew from the cupboards like a strong wind stirring up trouble.   I pulled down the bowls, selected a size and started assembling.
In went flour, baking powder, and salt measured by hand.  From the fridge, out came butter and milk; from the drawer a fork and a spoon.
Unwrap the butter after measuring what is [...]

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While growing up, my grams would make bread, cinnamon rolls, and dough bellies (fried bread dough then rolled in sugar– to die for) but sometimes, when short of time, she’d pull out a few items from the cupboard and whip up biscuits.
Mmmm, butter, biscuit and jelly.  I was, and still am, in heaven over those [...]

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A wishlist in my head.
I’ve been gathering items and going ohh, ahhh, that’s so yes, I would like, hell, I need that.
Like this.   In red.  Followed by this becuase it’s just too damn cute. No clue what I’d do with it but just give me the chance, Retro Man.
I’ve become addicted to Le Creuset.  It’s [...]

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On the menu for today: scones.
I hope I can do it today but if not, it’ll be done this weekend.  The idea of having these on hand is making my tummy rumble and grumble and dare I say, make the mouth drool?
I’m a sucker for cinnamon brown sugar combos.  Poptarts.  Cinnamon rolls.  Just a few [...]

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Food.  I love it.
Most of my family doesn’t get the way I adore certain foods.   The texture and the taste can make or break an item for me.
Hershey Kisses.  Okay, not the best chocolate but there is something about that candy that I can seriously OD on.
There are countless examples of what I’ll head straight [...]

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