As I wrote about this past summer, we decided to start a garden. We planted several different vegetables for a late summer-early fall harvest. But then we had our first frost two-three weeks before Halloween. So we sadly collected what we could and tore up the garden as prep for the spring. This was a…
Springwater Fiddler’s Fair
Well it's been busy past month adjusting to a new job, driving to Rochester everyday, and adding a puppy to our lives. We were ready for a weekend outing. A few weekends ago went to the Springwater 7th annual Fiddler's Fair. We heard about this fair from two sources: first from the maple farm we…
The garden
One of our largest projects was cleaning a place for a garden at the back end of our property. In order to do this we had to dig out a satellite dish and it's wire, tear down a either dog or rabbit house, and clean the area from trash. Next was the longest project: to…
Lemon Cream Scones
Since this was my first time making scones I thought I'd use a recipe to get me started. It didn't hurt that it was for lemon scones. Also, not so surprising I made a few changes. The original recipe called for putting a little cinnamon sugar on top of the scones. I opted for…
Gluten Free Cereal Treats
Did you know that store bought rice cereal treats have malt or barley in the them? Which is a problem for me. Rice cereals should be gluten free but many unfortunately are not. So I decided to make healthier gluten free cereal treats at home. A local grocery store recently made new gluten free cereals so…
Lessons Learned: Round 1
The past two weekends have not gone the way we thought or wanted them to. So we chalk them up to lessons learned-lessons I'll share with you. Memorial Day weekend, our engagement anniversary, we decided to get a couples massage and go out to dinner. We found a massage place through groupon in the Pittsford…
Goodbye Sienna Update
First of all I want to thank everyone who has expressed their apologies and sadness for what has happened in the past week with our lab puppy mix Sienna. We buried her yesterday out on our property below a white flowering plum tree. Also, we have been in contact with the foster who as of…
Goodbye Sienna
Sienna our little lab mix puppy left us a week from the day we picked her up and brought her home. She was full of energy, curiosity, and life when last Tuesday she started showing symptoms of what we thought was a parasite or difficulties with transitioning to new food. She had diarrhea and vomiting…
Maple Season
When we moved to our house in October. My sister in law who was helping us move said she thought most of the trees behind our house were maple. By the time we moved their bright yellow leaves covered the ground. We had seen signs along roads with a tree tapped with a bucket next…
Maple Cookies
We bought local amber maple syrup that I was excited to use to make maple cookies. These cookies similar to a snikerdoodle have a hint of spice, perfect maple flavor, scented with vanilla, and a soft chewy texture. So here's my recipe for maple cookies with cinnamon vanilla buttercream. Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1…
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