~~~A BOOtiful, SPOOKtacular Halloween!!!~~~The night begins! The candles and Jack o lanterns are lit. Soon the scary and BOOtiful trick or treaters will arrive. We are ready with the TREATS!!!!! See the jack o lantern upstairs on the bridge? Orange candles are in all the windows. The foyer bakers rack has a candle to welcome you all. The ben…
~~~On the Menu Monday~~~HI everyone! Tonight I wanted to share a great recipe with you and I will be sharing it over at Yvoone's party On the Menu Monday. Just click on the button on the left side of my blog to go to her party and see LOTS of great recipes!!! Hope you like this. We usually serve it with a pork roast. It is…
OcSNOWber!!!!!Yes, SNOW in October! Who woulda thought???? We went to a wedding today and left this morning in the snow and came home in SLEET and snow:( This is CA RAZY weather!!!! I snapped some pics when we got home to show you. This is looking from the garage out to the front. I didn't want to get wet, I was…
~~~The Leaves are Falling Outside AND In!!!!~~~Hi everyone! Hope you are all ready for a fun weekend. We are going to a wedding tomorrow so that will be FUN!!!Even though they are predicting some SNOW!!!! Just a LITTLE though. Our leaves are NOT glorious this year:(. So far. I am hoping for more color SOON! I took some shots from around the hous…
And the winner is...Eight place settings of Pfaltzgraff "Heritage" dinnerware are going to Deb, aka chedeb5353, who was randomly chosen at random.org. Congratulations Deb!! She is the second "Deb" who has won dinnerware here at FAR, so remember that next giveaway!A big thank you to all who entered and a special thanks …
Pumpkin Cheesecake...With all the holidays coming up, I wanted to share this recipe for Pumpkin Cheesecake because it is fabulous!! I have been making it for about 15 years and it is perfect and decadent!Pumpkin Cheesecake1 cup crushed gingersnaps1/4 cup ground pecans1/4 cup melted butter3 8-oz packages cream cheese, so…
~~New use for a Rag Wreath!~~~Happy Wednesday everyone! Last night I got together with a group of friends for dinner and to do a craft. We decided ahead of time to do a rag wreath. SO, I decided ahead of time that I would use it for a different purpose. I knew it would be neat to put it on my Halloween table around the cake stan…
Autumn Reds...I just love the end of the "leaf" season because all the colors left become so vibrant it is surreal.I recreated a table I did a couple years ago with Japanese Maple leaves, HERE, but this time with mostly red oak and maple leaves.These leaves are so breathtaking in person and sunlight just makes th…
