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Daylilies and Hostas
Daylilies and hostas are such pretty plants! They make a garden seem more full and lush. My daylilies and hostas began to bloom during mid-May and continued to bloom through the beginning of July.
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Fresh Tomato and Chive Salad
The tomatoes in my garden are doing pretty well this summer. I have a cherry tomato plant (they’re pretty large for cherry tomatoes, though) and a regular-size tomato plant. The cherry tomatoes are doing especially well. With all these fresh tomatoes I was picking, I was wanting to try a few tomato salad recipes with…
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Make A Lavender Sachet
Lavender is one of my favorite scents. I have several lavender bushes—one in the front yard and one in the back. I started making lavender sachets because I didn’t want all that wonderfully–scented lavender to go to waste! The sachets are so easy to make, too!
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Lemon Almond Bread
I like to make lemon-flavored treats in the summer—lemons just seem to give everything a light, fresh taste! This Lemon Almond Bread is like a pound cake…rich and dense, with almonds in the lemony batter, and more sprinkled on top of the lemon glaze. So, if you like lemons and almonds, you’re in for a…
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Raspberry–Cream Cheese Muffins
I have a raspberry bush in my yard. It didn’t do too well this year, but I managed to collect a whopping 3 cups of raspberries from it! I decided to use most of them in these muffins, and I ate the rest. 🙂
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Change
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. —LEO TOLSTOY
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Blueberry Topping
I have to confess that I have never made a fruit topping or sauce before…for some reason, I always thought it was a hard thing to make. But I couldn’t have been more wrong! This recipe is SO easy and quick. And it’s made with fresh blueberries.
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Zucchini Spice Bread
I’m always looking for zucchini recipes to try in the summer because they’re so plentiful—sometimes I grow some in my garden or I have friends who do, and they’re always happy to share them with me. It’s fun to try out different things you can make with this squash. I tried this zucchini recipe out…
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The Amazing Cucumber
I found out some pretty interesting things about cucumbers from a blog called Stir, Laugh, Repeat. For instance, did you know that cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day? One cuke contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, and Zinc!
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Pound Cake Muffins with Strawberries
This is a muffin you can really sink your teeth into! 🙂 It’s actually a yummy, rich mini–pound cake disguised as a muffin and topped with cream cheese frosting and a juicy red strawberry. Because the batter is rich and dense, the baking time is longer than it is for a typical muffin, but when…
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Feast Your Eyes on…Flavored Water!
I’ve always liked drinking my water with a slice or two of lemon–that extra little touch of flavor just makes water more appealing to me. There are a lot of other ways you canflavor water naturally. You can get really creative with it! Here are some ideas…
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Your Word is a Lamp to my Feet
I’m most familiar with this portion of the Psalms in the New International Version and King James Version of the Bible. But I also love how it’s translated in The Message: By Your words I can see where I’m going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path. I’ve committed myself and I’ll…
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