Valentine Heart Tree A couple of weeks ago, I was inspired from a Valentines Day craft over at Pinterest. It was a clay pot, painted red with what appeared to be, candy heart boxes painted and coming up out of the pot with ivy and bows (like the hearts were growing). I really liked it. …
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Wine Bottle Up-Do
Recycling Wine Bottles Are you a wine connoisseur? Know your tastes and choices, flavors? I prefer ‘sweet red’ and I’m partial to Sutter Home brand. Along with my 4 ounces per night, I also find keeping a few of the various colored bottles is a good idea –especially after seeing so many things made …
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My great grandfather my Ancestry Journey
Ancestry (Part One) A little over a year ago, I had to help my son with a school project on ancestry. Before that, I had dug a bit into my ancestors history after receiving a photo from my mom of my late great grandfather, Willis A Jones. My paternal grandmother told me about him …
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Crock-pot Cheese Dip
If you love meat and cheese well I have the dip recipe for you! This is a family recipe I haven’t tried in years until this Christmas. I thought instead of the traditional meal, we would have finger foods and salad along with a great new dessert recipe I tried too. More about that …
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December Home Tour
Aside to Autumn, Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love the freshness of the winter air –cool and crisp! Living in the south with all the humidity and heat, you learn to take Fall and Winter as somewhat of a break. Seems like December has come fast and now it’s a …
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Plastic Pumpkin Snowman Project
Between Pinterest , blogs, facebook and many more neat places to socially hang out online, there are ideas everywhere on how to make your own seasonal decorations. I love creating and enjoy finding new ideas online to inspire me. I’ve recently been seeing lots of things being made out of those cheap 1.00 orange pumpkins …
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Last Autumn hike of the season (DeSoto Falls)
Our last hike of the autumn season was Sunday, November 9th to DeSoto falls in Lumpkin county. There was still a lot of foliage left and the scenery was beautiful with temps just right again for a hike. We chose the upper falls which was a 1.5 mile hike total (in and out). I …
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Quick & Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
I can’t stress enough about how the kitchen is not my favorite place to be but the holidays bring out the dessert lover in me! However, when I’m in the kitchen –EASY and quick is what I like! Here is an awesome fast Peanut butter fudge recipe, ONLY 2 ingredients and it tastes great! …
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Hiking to Dukes Creek Falls
This past first Sunday in November was a great day for a long walk. Temps were in the mid to upper 50’s with light winds. We decided to take the short drive (only 10 minutes) from our house to park and walk to Dukes Creek Falls off Russell Scenic Highway. The trail-head for this …
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