Gluten-Free Apple Crisp

Juicy, ripe apples are one of my fall favorites. Here is the gluten-free apple crisp I made. Already a simple recipe, and it would be easy to sub regular flour if gluten is not a concern in your house. Apple crisp is easy to make, hard to mess up and can easily be adapted using […]

Arizona Fall Patio Planting

Okay, October.  You insisted on arriving already so let’s do this.  Time to pull on our garden gloves and taken out our freshly cleaned tools and do a little Arizona fall patio planting. Finding the Perfect Plants Beginning with a trip to my favorite local nursery, Summer Winds, I had a lot of friendly assistance […]

Fall Deep Cleaning

Spring kind of came and went. And deep spring-cleaning never happened in our house.  Nor did it the year before.  So, being motivated (and excited!) by dear SIL and BIL’s visit next month, I dug in and did some fall deep cleaning. “Tidy” is really my middle name.  I hate clutter.  And the biggest problem […]

Faux Fall Floral

(and Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Sandwiches) I know, I couldn’t stand to waste that alliteration. So it stands alone.  Proudly.  And we get a little subtitle here.  The things that amuse me. And I really am going to share the faux fall floral around the house and our latest linner (lunch/dinner) for super easy slow […]

How to Remove Rust from Garden Tools

Did you know that garden tools are meant to last a lifetime?  That they are not disposable?  No, neither did I!  I lose them in the yard, forget about them, and then find them again after it rains.  And they’re rusty and ugly.  So, ummmm, sometimes, I just buy new ones.  I know. I fondly […]

Honest Review of Fusion Mineral Paint

Do you remember when hub painted our console table to better coordinate with our old dining set?  And then.  We got a new dining set.  And then.  The white looked a little stark in our entryway against the new table.  And then.  I heard about a specialty paint brand for furniture.  So we tried, and […]

Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese Muffins

Squash season is here and I’ve been busy cooking and freezing batches for soup later this winter.  But when I saw Joy Bauer’s recipe for Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese Muffins, it called my name.  I used a batch of squash for this recipe. I think it is basically the same recipe I made last […]

Amazon Finds that Make Life Easier

Here are a few things that aren’t terribly flashy, but they work for me.  And they are easily purchased from Amazon.  Who doesn’t want some Amazon finds that make life easier? I am not an Amazon affiliate, but am linking for convenience. Long-Handled Shoe Horn Is she really writing about a shoe horn on her […]

Target Fall Finds

Autumn 2022 has made a big splash at Target and I thought I would share a few Target Fall Finds from my field trip this week.  Wow, my last Target trip was in the Spring, so I guess we are due to see what they have on hand. I am not a Target affiliate, but […]

Homemade Tomato Basil Soup with Fresh Tomatoes

A recent bounty of fresh tomatoes found me channeling my mom and grandma in the kitchen cleaning, prepping and cooking fresh tomatoes and then getting ready to “put them up,” as they would have said.  By which they meant canning in glass jars.  I’m more of a Ziplock freezer bag gal myself. Those jars and […]