Taking a break from sweets, next in the Nonna’s Recipes series is glazed carrots, and easy side dish my grandmother Nonna copied from a friend in the 1970s. I have no memory of eating it, so this recipe was an experiment with a great outcome. I recommend serving these carrots with poultry and would be complimented with […]
It’s No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk Glass
Grief shopping is a thing, right? Last month I rented a truck and drove to Louisiana to sort through things my mother salvaged from my grandmother’s house post-hurricane. Since they both passed away earlier this year, I had no idea what I’d find, but I had hoped to at least come home with a Hoosier […]
The Schooner Fanny 1885-1900
One of my favorite things salvaged from my grandmother Nonna’s home was an oil painting of my grandmother’s grandfather’s schooner. The stories Nonna told are very fuzzy in my memories, but with the painting and other items salvaged, I’ve found quite a few pictures and a handwritten story on the Fanny that makes this heirloom […]
Mirror Restoration
The first thing from my grandmother Nonna’s home that I restored was this heavy porcelain mirror from at least the 1960s, judging by its existence in old pictures. It was blue and ivory and very, very dirty. I didn’t love it, but I couldn’t leave it behind. Within a week I had this mirror cleaned, […]
Heirloom Restoration
My family has experienced a lot of tragedies this past year+, including a monster hurricane damaging my grandmother’s home in Louisiana, and then losing my grandmother and my mother most recently. Because of the water damage following the hurricane, I couldn’t handle being in the house after the storm. Physically or mentally. But my mother, […]
Nonna’s Divinity (First Attempt)
Well, an attempt was made. Riding a high from the peanut butter fudge success, I successfully screwed up the second recipe in the Nonna’s Recipes series, my great-grandmother Mawmaw’s divinity that my grandmother Nonna made every Christmas. I remember her struggling with it when the humidity was too high, so living in Houston, I’m already set up […]
Nonna’s Peanut Butter Fudge
First in the Nonna’s Recipes series is my great-grandmother Mawmaw’s peanut butter fudge that my grandmother Nonna made every Christmas. I have fond memories of her making it (and divinity) and fuzzy memories of my sugar buzz after eating as much as possible. So this recipe was easy to recreate since I distinctly remember the […]
Nonna’s Recipes
My family has experienced a lot of tragedies this past year, including a monster hurricane damaging my grandmother’s home in Louisiana, and then losing my grandmother and my mother most recently. Because of the water damage following the hurricane, I couldn’t handle being in the house after the storm. Physically or mentally. But my mother, […]
From Bunny to Bat Ears
Continuing the pandemic era sewing and craft projects, I upcycled bunny ears into a pair of bat ears. My blogging bestie Miranda from Spooky Little Halloween and I went on a Halloween cruise in 2019 and were given bunny ears in Roatan, Honduras. Weird, right? Me being the craft hoarder that I am, I took them […]
The Pandemic: A Year in Review
A year ago today was the first day of lockdown (and working from home) caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. And what a year it’s been! Stress shopping led to me buying a couple of those awesomely horrible (or horribly awesome) Target dresses that spawned the #targetdresschallenge, and I decided to wear it to highlight all […]