50s Housewife

Vacation is over and it's back to reality (and laundry) but I have so many sweet memories.  There's just something special about spe...

The arrival of Fall puts me in the mood for crisp apples, baking bread, simmering soup, raking leaves, nature walks and sprucing up the hous...

I'm enjoying the last remnants of summer around my yard.  We've had a cool front and now the mornings are brisk, but not yet cold, a...

Nothing gets me ready for Autumn like the crisp taste of an apple. I've gathered the tempting apple recipes that I've posted in the...

Relaxing I always feel so "nesty" in the fall. It's nice to enjoy the cool weather and change things around to match the chang...

Inviting Path I love fall and one thing I look forward to is planting spring flowering bulbs. Some of my favorites are daffodils, tulips and...

I think we skipped Spring and went straight to Summer. It's been so warm here the last few days! I took the opportunity to open the kit...

This is the tree in my front yard. It is miserably cold and icy outside. Nice and cozy in the house though. I made cookies, got all my du...

We've had so much fun decorating our house for Christmas this week. I thought I would share a couple of pictures with you. I love it wh...

Decorated Christmas Tree Mike is home today (he had to work Friday) so we are getting all the Christmas decorations down from the attic. He ...

Pecan Pie We're having our Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's tomorrow and I'm taking my "famous" pecan pie. It's so...