Family Tree Friday – Reverend John Bancroft Gray
I know I was supposed to do the Family Tree Friday post last Friday, but I was having body-aches and feeling very …
Wild Parrots
There have been wild parrots in this area, and near where my parents live, too, for a very long time. They have their …
Recipe: Zucchini Bread
ZUCCHINI BREAD INGREDIENTS: 3 eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 2 cups white sugar 2 cups grated zucchini (about 3/4 of one zucchini) …
Family Tree Friday – Dr. Joseph Gray
(EDITED to add larger images: Thanks, Larry, for the larger file sizes!) Dr. Joseph Gray is my Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather (6 generations). He …
Recipe: White Chocolate Lemon Muffins
This recipe uses the BASIC MUFFIN MIX. If you have that on hand, this batch of muffins will be super easy …
Family Tree Friday: Franklin Snyder
For August’s Family Tree Friday I’m posting some information about Franklin Snyder, my great-great-great grandfather. He was born Jan. 8, 1842 in …
Recipe: Chicken Salad Wraps
INGREDIENTS: 2 cups chopped cooked chicken (canned chicken is fast and easy if you don’t have cooked chicken breasts on hand) 3 …
Family Tree Friday: George Munkel and Anna Hinrichs
This is my Great-Great-Grandfather George Munkel and his wife, my Great-Great-Grandmother, Anna Munkel (Hinrichs). He was born in 1857 in Germany, and she …
About Family Tree Fridays
I was thinking it would be fun to compile a sort of family history diary here. The first Friday of every month …
Recipe: Honey-Apricot Glazed Pork Roast
Honey-Apricot Glazed Pork Roast Ingredients: 1 cup apricot preserves (peach preserves would be great too) 4 tablespoons honey 5 tablespoons lemon juice 1 …
Some berries and a bird
Lately the scrub jays that frequent our yard have been flying over us and scolding us if we don’t leave out peanuts …
Update on the tadpoles
We had kept our tadpoles in the little screen pocket in the pond for weeks until they got big enough to where …
Recipe: Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins
This recipe is a variation I made from the Basic Muffin Mix. So, unfortunately, if you don’t have the basic muffin mix …
Recipe: Chocolate Chip & Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Ingredients: 2c. flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 c. butter (soft) 1/2 c. brown sugar 2 eggs 2 bananas …
Comets, Ryukins, Moors…and Crickets
Yesterday we went to Petsmart again and bought some more creatures to add to our menagerie. Somehow or other, a few of our …
A very rare find!
I guess this is our lucky day! We found a FOUR LEAF CLOVER in our yard as we were gardening today! I …
Operation Tadpole: Success!
We finally succeeded in finding tadpoles to import to our frog pond! I guess we couldn’t officially call it a “frog” …
More planting, first picture of a woodpecker, and seeing a hummingbird’s nest!
Today was spent outside planting, yet again. We had a break for a couple of days this week due to the rain, …
Recipe – Basic Muffin Mix
I saw this recipe in Taste of Home and thought it would be great to have a quick and easy mix ready …