Settings: Sony A33-SLT • 1/25 • ƒ/5.0 • ISO 1600 • 35 mm Not quite a Bacon Explosion, but it’s still pretty tasty. Take one pound of bacon and lay out in a weave pattern. Take one pork loin and coat with dry rub of choice. Wrap and bake… um how long? HOW LONG?! Oh…
Congratulations to the Grand Prize winner, Jessica! The winner of my US$25 Gift Certificate to the Book Retailer of choice for chiming in with their favorite flavor of ice, ice cream, sorbet goes to Melissa Bourn! Congrats, I’ll be emailing you! Thanks for participating in the first History Lovers Tour & Scavenger Hunt and special…
Welcome to the History Lovers Grand Tour & Scavenger Hunt! —International— As the name implies, we’re a group of readers and authors who love both history and romance, especially when they’re combined in a delightful story. If you feel the same, you’re welcome to join us on our Facebook page and converse with us…
Settings: Sony A33-SLT • 1/500 • ƒ/5.6 • ISO 320 • 300 mm A consistent water source and some time have worked wonders for the grape vines we planted and trained on our arbor. The red grape vine is as tall, if not taller, then the white vine and they’re both reaching the top of…
Today’s weekly photo post is another entry in the urban wildlife theme. Despite the dog, we still have plenty of rabbits around our yard. There seems to be a burrow underneath the rocks for the water slide by the pool. This little guy (or gal?) was sitting outside my kitchen window, having breakfast the other…
My posts might not look like I’m keeping up with my weekly photo project, but I have been taking the pictures. Our daughter has been borrowing my camera and I’m often left with a dead battery when I want to upload my photos for the week and then I forget to go back and get…
Being sick doesn’t make it easier to stay on top of thing like my weekly photo posts. I feel like I’ve been sick since February, but it may really be last Thanksgiving. I’m tired of coughing and no, I didn’t really want to research consumption first hand or even anything remotely like it. That said,…
Today’s weekly photo post continues the urban wildlife theme. We have a variety of birds that visit our back yard. Humming birds, some little yellow songbirds, a pair of hawks and we can hear an owl nearby at night. I’m not sure exactly what type this little guy is, but I think he may be…
Please welcome Collette Cameron to the blog today to celebrate her imminent debut release, HIGHLANDER’S HOPE. I met Collette online through The Beau Monde chapter and chat with her regularly on twitter and Facebook. I got a chance to read an ARC of this novel and I know you’re in for a special treat! This…
I got behind on posting my weekly photo last week, so you get a double dose again today. The kids are amazed that Olivia is quite comfortable laying this way. Of course, this dog lays in all sorts of ways I wouldn’t think were comfortable either. One of her favorites is upside down on her…