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Jun 20, 2011
 

One of the delights of our home on the Olympic Peninsula were the number of flowering plants the previous…

Jun 17, 2011
 
Leather barbed wire by Honey from the Bee

I'm not a farmer's daughter, but I did grow up on 40 acres in Virginia out in cattle country.  There's something about…

Jun 11, 2011

Although our tour included lunch later at a farmhouse turned tourist attraction we decided to find out what porchette was after our guide pointed out a little butcher shop.  He said the sandwiches were divine and a local specialty.  Pork?  How could we pass it up?

Jun 10, 2011

... continuing on our Istanbul to Barcelona cruise, we stop at the port for Roma:  Civitavecchia.  Although there is a tremendous amount of history tied to this port most cruisers disembark for transportation to visit Roma or other Lazio regional destinations.

Jun 9, 2011

I tasked myself with creating some new earrings for my shop this week using my supply of vintage and interesting chain.

(click on caption below earrings to see in shop)